From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9743BC2D0E4 for ; Fri, 20 Nov 2020 21:59:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 416392245F for ; Fri, 20 Nov 2020 21:59:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727974AbgKTV7c (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Nov 2020 16:59:32 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:45866 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725890AbgKTV7c (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Nov 2020 16:59:32 -0500 Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [IPv6:2600:3c01:e000:3a1::42]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3727BC0613CF; Fri, 20 Nov 2020 13:59:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from lwn.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DFA855A0; Fri, 20 Nov 2020 21:59:31 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2020 14:59:30 -0700 From: Jonathan Corbet To: Thorsten Leemhuis Cc: Randy Dunlap , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 00/26] Make reporting-bugs easier to grasp and yet more detailed & helpful Message-ID: <20201120145930.5e59cc1b@lwn.net> In-Reply-To: References: <20201113153313.68ff210c@lwn.net> <458eb542-ff4d-e734-67fd-01e8378d4864@leemhuis.info> <20201118172958.5b014a44@lwn.net> Organization: LWN.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 19 Nov 2020 13:29:51 +0100 Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: > > - Dual licensed CC-SA-4.0 is fine with me. CC-BY is OK if you really > > want to do it that way. > > I'm unsure and would appreciate options from others here. > > Here are some of my thoughts about this: > > What do we loose by dual-licensing it under a liberal license like > CC-BY? It afaics makes it a lot more attractive for websites or books > authors to use this text as a base, as they don't need to fear that > "share alike" or the GPL might have consequences on the surroundings. > I'd say that's a good thing for the kernel, as it increases the chances > the texts built upon ours remain close to what we expect on this topic. > > That's why I currently think using CC-BY is a good idea. It's a matter of preferences; I like -SA better as a closer match to the kernel's GPL licensing. But it's your text, so it's your choice. jon