From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Al Viro Subject: Re: That whole "Linux stealing our code" thing Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2007 02:53:56 +0100 Message-ID: <20070902015356.GO21089@ftp.linux.org.uk> References: <200709010140.l811eq9H005896@cvs.openbsd.org> <46D99FB7.6030505@garzik.org> <20070901205457.GK9260@stusta.de> <20070901215225.GM9260@stusta.de> <3A831845-B630-42AD-B52F-DC9EA2060BAE@dixongroup.net> <46DA1315.9060002@garzik.org> <43e72e890709011842m213b590ds141deb9657b979e7@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: "Constantine A. Murenin" , Jeff Garzik , Jason Dixon , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, jirislaby@gmail.com, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Return-path: Received: from zeniv.linux.org.uk ([195.92.253.2]:59837 "EHLO ZenIV.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933349AbXIBByD (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Sep 2007 21:54:03 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <43e72e890709011842m213b590ds141deb9657b979e7@mail.gmail.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 09:42:54PM -0400, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > We asked SFLC to work with us to make sure that everyone's copyrights > were respected in the right places, and that the licenses various developers > wanted for their copyrights were implemented correctly. The patch I sent > implements SFLC's suggestions in that regard. You know, I'm rapidly losing any respect to both sides of that. Eben Moglen as source of advice in "is it OK to convert to GPL-only"? And you seriously rely on morality of that? Theo's rants aside, if you have to rely on SFLC for licensing decisions... Ouch.