From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266720AbUBFXyz (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Feb 2004 18:54:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266830AbUBFXyz (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Feb 2004 18:54:55 -0500 Received: from mail.shareable.org ([81.29.64.88]:17616 "EHLO mail.shareable.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266720AbUBFXyx (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Feb 2004 18:54:53 -0500 Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 23:54:21 +0000 From: Jamie Lokier To: Clay Haapala Cc: Matt Mackall , Matt Domsch , James Morris , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.1 -- take two] Add CRC32C chksums to crypto and lib routines Message-ID: <20040206235421.GD12503@mail.shareable.org> References: <20040203175006.GA19751@chaapala-lnx2.cisco.com> <20040203185111.GA31138@waste.org> <20040203172508.B26222@lists.us.dell.com> <20040203233737.GD31138@waste.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Clay Haapala wrote: > licensing public-domain code and placing restrictions on it, > something only a copyright holder should be able to do, Public domain means it doesn't have a copyright holder. > and not the intent of the author, in this case. But I agree, the intent of the author is important (not legally, but morally). -- Jamie