From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric Appleman Subject: Would like to form a pool of Linux copyright holders for faster GPL enforcement against Anthrax Kernels Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 04:21:13 -0400 Message-ID: <519739F9.7020508@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mail-gg0-f172.google.com ([209.85.161.172]:60433 "EHLO mail-gg0-f172.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750882Ab3ERIVW (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 May 2013 04:21:22 -0400 Sender: linux-arm-msm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org To: linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-arm-kernel@vger.kernel.org Background on Anthrax Kernels and their GPL violation: http://pastebin.com/X5Cciy03 Would anyone be interested in forming such a pool? I am willing to wait years for this to be resolved through certain organizations, but I believe we can do better. Last I checked, I have 1 long-time poster of the gpl-violations list on board. Would anyone else like to join? Ideally I'd like to get the LKML (which I have CC'd among others) involved so that authors of critical Linux components be a part of this. I'm not sure if my defconfig commits to Android kernel branches count as contributions, so I'm not going to consider myself a Linux contributor unless told otherwise. This pool would be used in the following manner: * Formally requesting source for binaries (means to request source is actively hidden) * Formally requesting removal of critical copyrighted code that Linux cannot function without * Informing interested parties with respect to refusals of the above The CTO of Anthrax's hosting server is very interested in terminating Chad Goodman's account. Bullet point #3 might come into effect here. If this is a bad idea, breaks list etiquette, uses incorrect logic, or does not follow the conventions of GPL enforcement, feel free to shoot this idea down with utmost prejudice. - Eric