From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: What "module license" applies to public domain code?
Date: 8 Feb 2002 14:33:26 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <a41jnm$67b$1@cesium.transmeta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.30.0202081632041.16834-100000@ran.antd.nist.gov> <m16ZJNl-000OVeC@amadeus.home.nl>
Followup to: <m16ZJNl-000OVeC@amadeus.home.nl>
By author: arjan@fenrus.demon.nl
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> In article <Pine.LNX.4.30.0202081632041.16834-100000@ran.antd.nist.gov> you wrote:
>
> > Of course, anyone else would be free to take the code and apply any
> > license whatsoever to it, but my concern is simply what MODULE_LICENSE()
> > line I can legitimately include, if any.
>
> how about
>
> MODULE_LICENSE("Dual GPL/Public Domain");
>
> this would need adding to the proper headers though
>
The thing is ... public domain isn't a license, it's disavowing
copyright. Part of what that means is that someone can take the work
and publish it under their own copyright.
For liability reasons, something that get published in the kernel
probably would have to be recopyrighted by someone else and GPL'd.
-hpa
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-02-08 22:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-02-08 22:07 What "module license" applies to public domain code? Mark E. Carson
2002-02-08 22:20 ` arjan
2002-02-08 22:33 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2002-02-09 0:05 ` Alan Cox
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