public inbox for linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] samples: replace outdated permission statement with SPDX identifiers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

  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2017-11-15 20:44       ` [PATCH] samples: replace outdated permission statement with SPDX identifiers Martin Kepplinger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

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=20171118102001.GB8368@kroah.com \
    --to=gregkh@linuxfoundation.org \
    --cc=akpm@linux-foundation.org \
    --cc=corbet@lwn.net \
    --cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=martink@posteo.de \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox