From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752862AbdJUIDh (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Oct 2017 04:03:37 -0400 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:46836 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751538AbdJUIDf (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Oct 2017 04:03:35 -0400 Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2017 10:03:40 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Alan Cox Cc: Pavel Nikulin , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Documentation: Add a file explaining the requested Linux kernel license enforcement policy Message-ID: <20171021080340.GB21399@kroah.com> References: <20171020192519.78772151@alans-desktop> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20171020192519.78772151@alans-desktop> User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.1 (2017-09-22) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 07:25:37PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > On Thu, 19 Oct 2017 18:28:12 +0300 > Pavel Nikulin wrote: > > > Hold! > > > > Greg, are you trying to put a new addendum to the terms of GPL v2? > > In many parts of the world if you make a promise about not enforcing a > right to take some action (sometimes even an implied one) you cannot then > take that action. > > So if you say "I won't sue you just because you've got a tiny GPL > compliance issue", then in much of the world if you attempt to do so > you'll find you can't. > > I do think it's poorly drafted because it doesn't contain any "unless you > sue us" caveat so you won't find my name on it. But it does have that caveat: ...with respect to any non-defensive assertion... I discussed that in my FAQ blog post as well. thanks, greg k-h