From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Google-Smtp-Source: AH8x226XMqGO8UXNUZojrUfONsKn6HZn6nYzm2uLT4PTAKeLyyzTy7JFdkj9fobAv2UoyUTM/dOA ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; t=1518449353; cv=none; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; b=X8AdIyNrjzbwotZ2PDJTbQGbm1vxp+aqhUQwAQF2FlTUJ1NBw4R7EzuPl0CcREipte 4Yg8jdUZMeuBuxsugNDUj43ME3qSqJCxOnDdx5hNFaZA+j8td304gX9jyTq83gqTpBvA 2RE7KySZ9/+2OLIf+IbH9f95WubnlI1xNVRHViLu7f/rIVxIJnAfs+NYRSSyIAUzKub1 4QFetpAToWoAKHYLOpflleT0ydF6T2EZUQeLuoduahqu0BTRB6OQWQ5Gy2XvA6LnR/Vi fD7Ol90MF1aFPA1eFbi1Y4vbxHBumpOYR2GaZwbVr+eO6f33sG/Rkv/y2nyFQoAVSGux nTZw== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:organization:references :in-reply-to:message-id:subject:cc:to:from:date:delivered-to:list-id :list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:list-help:list-post:precedence :mailing-list:arc-authentication-results; bh=DeiZmT+GfIS1SCQhAECgh4E8AnDnKm8H+k/9DpMX+/g=; b=FMbRgiQxEpFcef5V+KuV8kx2mCy0HbzEaau5uvoCTTYwyKKjXt2KjNAmOchtderMS0 g06JOPXA6dc8YNfrOMRnumdefUuwt+DqEEP7MvziKfWscCmYFx8Md60OhZyWTcoJYov6 DQ2IDSXQZlPTAc/6TL8FFbIst3cePENpy9Kh51B+ejGdNFqDHSMu8xWFJ0nBndVyu+Ss VYFoM5Ga3DB+QIQLQzDS3K4XaazB+B8oOmtvXg01iQtUTae9B/dbt0qFoPqUOpDTgb7y y7ZrkfSqGbDneJ6PVq9O8254CSUSpTsk1ib6ZAIh5GUlqV+9ltfNPewm414+lKv+JMDN Otkw== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of kernel-hardening-return-11720-gregkh=linuxfoundation.org@lists.openwall.com designates 195.42.179.200 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=kernel-hardening-return-11720-gregkh=linuxfoundation.org@lists.openwall.com Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of kernel-hardening-return-11720-gregkh=linuxfoundation.org@lists.openwall.com designates 195.42.179.200 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=kernel-hardening-return-11720-gregkh=linuxfoundation.org@lists.openwall.com Mailing-List: contact kernel-hardening-help@lists.openwall.com; run by ezmlm List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 08:28:49 -0700 From: Jonathan Corbet To: Matthew Wilcox Cc: Igor Stoppa , jglisse@redhat.com, keescook@chromium.org, mhocko@kernel.org, labbott@redhat.com, hch@infradead.org, cl@linux.com, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6] Documentation for Pmalloc Message-ID: <20180212082849.1377f7e6@lwn.net> In-Reply-To: <20180210033714.GA12711@bombadil.infradead.org> References: <20180130151446.24698-1-igor.stoppa@huawei.com> <20180130151446.24698-6-igor.stoppa@huawei.com> <20180130100852.2213b94d@lwn.net> <56eb3e0d-d74d-737a-9f85-fead2c40c17c@huawei.com> <20180210033714.GA12711@bombadil.infradead.org> Organization: LWN.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.15.1-dirty (GTK+ 2.24.32; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-getmail-retrieved-from-mailbox: INBOX X-GMAIL-THRID: =?utf-8?q?1591031095823992296?= X-GMAIL-MSGID: =?utf-8?q?1592209549313957723?= X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, 9 Feb 2018 19:37:14 -0800 Matthew Wilcox wrote: > I've done this as the first line of my new documentation files: > > .. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0 > > I think this is the CC license that's closest in spirit to the GPL without > the unintended consequences of the GPL when used on documentation. The > GFDL seems to be out of favour these days. I think that's a great license. I still fear that it is not suitable for kernel documentation, though, especially when we produce documents that include significant text from the (GPL-licensed) kernel source. The result is almost certainly not distributable, and I don't think that's a good thing. The GPL is not perfect for documentation, but I don't think that we have a better alternative for in-kernel docs. jon