From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
chuckw@altaserv.net, Vipin Malik <vipin.malik@daniel.com>,
Aaron Lehmann <aaronl@vitelus.com>,
jffs-dev@axis.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Cosmetic JFFS patch.
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 19:13:08 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <11977.993751988@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0106281055410.15199-100000@penguin.transmeta.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0106281055410.15199-100000@penguin.transmeta.com>
torvalds@transmeta.com said:
> I consider them harmful when I start getting annoying patches that
> start adding more and more of them.
> Which is how this whole thread started.
Sort of. The point of the patch which started this thread was as a wake-up
call to a company who had taken the code, renamed it to appear as their own,
commented out the version and copyright printk, and shipped it to their
customers in an RPM which claimed it was proprietary code.
That wake-up call served its primary purpose quite effectively.
The new line was added simply to ensure that if such a thing happens again,
the newly-named copyright holder will be in a position to do something about
it.
Take them all out if you must. I stand by my prediction.
--
dwmw2
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-06-28 18:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 92+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-06-26 12:52 Cosmetic JFFS patch David Woodhouse
2001-06-27 20:50 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-06-27 22:09 ` Alan Cox
2001-06-27 22:16 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-06-28 7:43 ` Patrick Dreker
2001-06-28 8:07 ` Greg KH
2001-06-28 17:05 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-06-28 17:14 ` Alan Cox
2001-06-28 17:51 ` Craig Milo Rogers
2001-06-28 18:06 ` Alan Cox
2001-06-29 2:30 ` Keith Owens
2001-06-28 17:18 ` David Woodhouse
2001-06-28 17:22 ` Alan Cox
2001-06-28 18:28 ` Pekka Pietikainen
2001-06-30 11:42 ` Ben Ford
2001-06-28 17:50 ` Troy Benjegerdes
2001-06-28 19:00 ` Jeff Garzik
2001-06-28 19:25 ` Gerhard Mack
2001-06-28 19:31 ` Jeff Garzik
2001-06-30 10:52 ` Pavel Machek
2001-06-28 19:25 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-06-28 19:34 ` Jeff Garzik
2001-06-29 3:22 ` Ian Stirling
2001-06-29 11:27 ` Juan Quintela
2001-06-29 12:00 ` Craig McLean
2001-06-29 19:47 ` Hacksaw
2001-06-30 22:17 ` Adam Sampson
2001-06-28 5:54 ` Aaron Lehmann
2001-06-28 8:39 ` Laramie Leavitt
2001-06-28 9:19 ` Bjorn Wesen
2001-06-28 10:57 ` David Weinehall
2001-06-28 12:01 ` Alan Cox
2001-06-28 17:47 ` Troy Benjegerdes
2001-06-28 22:04 ` J . A . Magallon
2001-06-29 2:16 ` Hacksaw
2001-06-28 14:37 ` chuckw
2001-06-28 16:14 ` Vipin Malik
2001-06-28 16:24 ` chuckw
2001-06-28 16:25 ` David Woodhouse
2001-06-28 21:30 ` John R Lenton
2001-06-28 21:34 ` Jeff Garzik
2001-06-28 21:43 ` Olaf Hering
2001-06-28 21:46 ` Jeff Garzik
2001-06-29 19:36 ` Riley Williams
2001-06-28 16:26 ` Alan Cox
2001-06-28 17:12 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-06-28 17:18 ` Alan Cox
2001-06-28 17:26 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-06-28 17:35 ` David Woodhouse
2001-06-28 17:56 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-06-28 18:13 ` David Woodhouse [this message]
2001-06-28 22:01 ` Kai Henningsen
2001-06-28 17:29 ` chuckw
2001-06-28 17:30 ` Aaron Lehmann
2001-06-28 17:41 ` chuckw
2001-06-28 17:58 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-06-28 18:16 ` Tommy Reynolds
2001-06-28 18:36 ` Miquel van Smoorenburg
2001-06-28 18:53 ` Jeff Garzik
2001-06-28 19:09 ` Dan Podeanu
2001-06-28 20:18 ` Craig Milo Rogers
2001-07-01 6:32 ` Hua Zhong
2001-07-01 7:22 ` Ian Stirling
2001-06-29 13:43 ` Holger Lubitz
2001-06-29 14:36 ` Jordan Crouse
2001-06-29 15:09 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-06-29 17:43 ` Chris Boot
2001-06-29 17:26 ` David Lang
2001-06-30 11:07 ` szonyi calin
2001-06-29 17:19 ` Rob Landley
2001-06-28 18:17 ` Christoph Zens
2001-06-30 2:52 ` Daniel Stone
2001-06-28 17:55 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-06-29 6:03 ` Paul Mackerras
2001-06-29 6:29 ` Cort Dougan
2001-06-29 7:44 ` Paul Mackerras
2001-06-29 8:10 ` Chris Wedgwood
2001-07-01 19:14 ` Anuradha Ratnaweera
2001-06-28 22:20 ` Kai Henningsen
2001-06-29 14:33 ` Chuck Wolber
2001-07-01 9:15 ` Kai Henningsen
2001-06-28 7:18 ` PATCH 2.4.6.5: fix mtd config David Woodhouse
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-06-29 0:29 Cosmetic JFFS patch A. Melon
2001-06-29 11:01 Martin Knoblauch
2001-07-01 6:39 ` Hua Zhong
2001-07-01 7:21 ` Gregory Finch
[not found] <993825330.30635@whiskey.enposte.net>
2001-06-29 20:13 ` Stuart Lynne
2001-06-30 20:39 ` Raja R Harinath
2001-07-02 8:38 ` Craig McLean
2001-06-30 18:26 Torrey Hoffman
2001-07-01 9:27 ` Kai Henningsen
2001-07-05 12:41 Heusden, Folkert van
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