On 01/06/2014 03:52 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 01/06/2014 03:27 PM, Greg KH wrote: >> On Mon, Jan 06, 2014 at 03:16:24PM -0800, Alexander Duyck wrote: >>> This change restricts the check for the for the FSF address in the GPL >>> copyright statement so that it only flags the address, not the references to >>> the gnu.org/licenses URL which appear in numerous drivers. >>> >>> So for example this statement will still return an error: >>> You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License >>> along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software >>> Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. >>> >>> However, this statement will not return an error after this patch: >>> You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License >>> along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. >> >> Why is this paragraph needed? The kernel does come with a copy of the >> GPL, so it's not an issue for kernel files, right? >> > > (IANAL but...) Presumably some people might be concerned about it > because of either patches on mailing lists or otherwise separate from > the kernel, or if someone pulls individual files out of the kernel tree > for another project. > > -hpa > >
The individual files issue the main concern. For our driver we have bits that are often copied out without the rest of the kernel. User space drivers are a perfect example. As a result we find a number of spots where our driver files are copied and there is no COPYING file. Thanks, Alex -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
