From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932551AbcHIVum (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Aug 2016 17:50:42 -0400 Received: from slow1-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.178.86]:40027 "EHLO slow1-d.mail.gandi.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932338AbcHIVul (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Aug 2016 17:50:41 -0400 X-Originating-IP: 71.184.123.125 Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2016 17:46:30 -0400 From: Richard Fontana To: Alan Cox Cc: "Luis R. Rodriguez" , Greg KH , torvalds@linux.intel.com, Rusty Russell , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ciaran.farrell@suse.com, christopher.denicolo@suse.com, copyleft-next@lists.fedorahosted.org, gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, tytso@mit.edu, pebolle@tiscali.nl, hpa@zytor.com, joe@perches.com Subject: Re: Kernel modules under new copyleft licence : (was Re: [PATCH v2] module.h: add copyleft-next >= 0.3.1 as GPL compatible) Message-ID: <20160809214629.mgonlfckbejiaixd@antelope> References: <1465929311-13509-1-git-send-email-mcgrof@kernel.org> <1467327207-14916-1-git-send-email-mcgrof@kernel.org> <20160701154258.GA32760@kroah.com> <87y44zhbiu.fsf@rustcorp.com.au> <20160719223851.GA2783@kroah.com> <20160722000747.GD5537@wotan.suse.de> <1470773075.12035.12.camel@linux.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <1470773075.12035.12.camel@linux.intel.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.6.2-neo (2016-07-23) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Aug 09, 2016 at 09:04:35PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > Outside of the "derivative work" GPL clause they don't quite look > compatible to me as a non-lawyer (eg the definition of "source code" > looks to differ on scripts etc).  The clause that permits derived works to be licensed under the GPL is all that's needed for GPL compatibility (in the sense that combined works of GPL-licensed and copyleft-next-licensed code can be licensed under the GPL without imposition of any additional restrictions on downstream recipients). Richard