From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1764453AbdKRKUK (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Nov 2017 05:20:10 -0500 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:50866 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1764438AbdKRKT7 (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Nov 2017 05:19:59 -0500 Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2017 11:20:01 +0100 From: Greg KH To: Martin Kepplinger Cc: Jonathan Corbet , akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] samples: replace outdated permission statement with SPDX identifiers Message-ID: <20171118102001.GB8368@kroah.com> References: <20171115084541.GA23833@kroah.com> <20171115204411.10292-1-martink@posteo.de> <20171116114110.GA5892@kroah.com> <20171117155353.02950038@lwn.net> <5d5da06a-5c20-4031-9b71-9a6b6ef91cef@posteo.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5d5da06a-5c20-4031-9b71-9a6b6ef91cef@posteo.de> 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 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