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From: "Tobin C. Harding" <me@tobin.cc>
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next 0/4] Convert filter.txt to RST
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2018 17:27:53 +1000
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Cc: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>,
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To: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com>
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On Wed, Aug 08, 2018 at 11:07:35PM -0700, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 09, 2018 at 03:23:24PM +1000, Tobin C. Harding wrote:
> > 
> > Daniel and Alexei, can I please have permission to add GPLv2+ to the BPF
> > docs?
> 
> kernel licensing is GPLv2 without +

According to process/license-rules.rst

	    GPL-2.0+  :  GNU General Public License v2.0 or later

> every file (including docs) can potentially have a different
> compatible license, but since they were developed
> implicitly under v2 only you would need to get a buy-in from
> all contributors before making such change.

So if a file does not _explicitly_ state that it is under another
licence it is ok to add GPLv2?


thanks,
Tobin.