From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Martin Kepplinger <martink@posteo.de>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] samples: replace outdated permission statement with SPDX identifiers
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2017 11:20:01 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20171118102001.GB8368@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5d5da06a-5c20-4031-9b71-9a6b6ef91cef@posteo.de>
On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 12:43:46AM +0100, Martin Kepplinger wrote:
> But Greg, people are listening to you. Please don't give advice in
> directions that are not clearly correct for Linux. You know you could
> have simply ack'd the initial mistake-fix in that case. It wouldn't have
> hurt anybody.
Please see my response to Jon about this. I am giving advice that I
have gotten from people I trust to wish to see Linux succeed in a
legally compliant way with all copyright and license laws.
> just saying because it'd be nice to rely on things you say :)
I want to have people rely on it as well, if I'm ever saying anything
that seems contrary to what anyone feels is good for the long-term
success of Linux, please let me know.
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-11-18 10:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-11-14 9:50 [PATCH] samples: replace FSF address with web source in license notices Martin Kepplinger
2017-11-15 6:29 ` Greg KH
2017-11-15 7:46 ` Martin Kepplinger
2017-11-15 8:45 ` Greg KH
2017-11-15 20:44 ` [PATCH] samples: replace outdated permission statement with SPDX identifiers Martin Kepplinger
2017-11-16 11:41 ` Greg KH
2017-11-17 22:53 ` Jonathan Corbet
2017-11-17 23:43 ` Martin Kepplinger
2017-11-18 0:13 ` Jonathan Corbet
2017-11-18 8:33 ` Martin Kepplinger
2017-11-18 10:20 ` Greg KH [this message]
2017-11-18 10:17 ` Greg KH
2017-11-18 11:21 ` Martin Kepplinger
2017-11-16 13:56 ` Philippe Ombredanne
2017-11-22 22:23 ` [PATCH] samples: replace FSF address with web source in license notices Pavel Machek
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