From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz ([195.113.26.193]:41194 "EHLO atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751719AbdKVQT3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Nov 2017 11:19:29 -0500 Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 17:19:28 +0100 From: Pavel Machek Subject: Re: WTF? Re: [PATCH] License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license Message-ID: <20171122161927.GC12684@amd> References: <20171107020607.GA26910@magnolia> <20171107072040.GB4586@infradead.org> <20171107073940.GB4654@kroah.com> <20171107172042.GB26910@magnolia> <20171107182903.GA4588@kroah.com> <20171107184658.56b87d41@alans-desktop> <20171107191526.x3rzfcnnlmaz264d@thunk.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="8NvZYKFJsRX2Djef" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20171107191526.x3rzfcnnlmaz264d@thunk.org> Sender: linux-xfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: List-Id: xfs To: Theodore Ts'o , Alan Cox , Greg Kroah-Hartman , "Darrick J. Wong" , Christoph Hellwig , Eric Sandeen , xfs , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --8NvZYKFJsRX2Djef Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue 2017-11-07 14:15:26, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > On Tue, Nov 07, 2017 at 06:46:58PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > > > Given that it had no license text on it at all, it "defaults" to GPLv= 2, > > > so the GPLv2 SPDX identifier was added to it. > > >=20 > > > No copyright was changed, nothing at all happened except we explicitly > > > list the license of the file, instead of it being "implicit" before. > >=20 > > Well if Christoph owns the copyright (if there is one) and he has stated > > he believes it is too trivial to copyright then it needs an SPDX tag th= at > > indicates the rightsholder has stated it's too trivial to copyright and > > (by estoppel) revoked any right they might have to pursue a claim. >=20 > If Cristoph has revoked any right to pursue a claim, then he's also > legally given up the right to complain if, say, Bradley Kuhn starting > distributing a version with a GPLv3 permission statement --- or if Greg > K-H adds a GPLv2 SPDX identifier. :-) Yes, maybe Greg can legaly do that. That does not make it good idea... and we have higher standards than "not illegal in most countries" :-). Pavel --=20 (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blo= g.html --8NvZYKFJsRX2Djef Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iEYEARECAAYFAloVo48ACgkQMOfwapXb+vJNAQCgp/LaiGz11X2h2wCTrcDZ3Tyq q1gAn11od+TZG+1G7DY3LkOKlwAZfoCB =9XM9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --8NvZYKFJsRX2Djef--