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=-6.1 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,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 06B35C49EA5 for ; Thu, 24 Jun 2021 14:31:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAD19613EA for ; Thu, 24 Jun 2021 14:31:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S231294AbhFXOdl (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jun 2021 10:33:41 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:35650 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S230377AbhFXOdj (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jun 2021 10:33:39 -0400 Received: by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8E450613EA; Thu, 24 Jun 2021 14:31:19 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1624545080; bh=YuKvzoqQ0pg7Fd3BtZPR9z3sHfNqO21gKPJzQWCRgMo=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=MKDqBY6vT+4uvj7pz3eRcWvQCoDKAl8pmFUJSUOXkfdlZUDliG9uiaIb7mj7ITMjP hQK6Hr5Ikc59AilZ6fjMavq8r9jFywPEkxbV1XxS/Ds2efSgdmbOuI5iUdNzLxrQXc oUB/zUtNrpP/1VE+bsleILVHjoK7ag7pWI1wOHNc= Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2021 16:31:16 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Krzysztof =?utf-8?Q?Ha=C5=82asa?= Cc: Laurent Pinchart , Kieran Bingham , Mauro Carvalho Chehab , linux-media@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC v2] MEDIA: Driver for ON Semi AR0521 camera sensor Message-ID: References: <42958029-5625-5f4d-a075-2f59a74e0fb5@ideasonboard.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-media@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 04:17:28PM +0200, Krzysztof Hałasa wrote: > Greg, > > Greg KH writes: > > >> How about a book, e.g. describing a patch submission process (but not > >> a copy of kernel's Documentation). The same? > > > > That does not make sense, please explain. > > Why not? I can put such a text on a book (say, an e-book) as well. Where would that text be and what would it mean? > I'd say you're right with the absence of indication to the contrary - > but if someone explicitly states something is not (e.g. yet) under GPL, > then how one could say SPDX-something has legal precedence is beyound > me. It is identical to saying "this file is licensed under this specific license". That is what a spdx line means, please read up on them if you are curious. > > S-o-b is a DIFFERENT thing entirely. Please go read the DCO for what > > you are agreeing to there, it is a declaration for what you are doing. > > Well, that's my position. That's not what a signed-off-by means, please do not try to make it something it is not. thanks, greg k-h