linux-kernel - Re: Documentation - How to debug ACPI Problems

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Message-ID: <26059.1187114583@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>
Date:	Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:03:03 -0400
From:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
Cc:	trenn@...e.de, "Brown, Len" <len.brown@...el.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-acpi <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>,
	Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>,
	Alexey Starikovskiy <aystarik@...il.com>
Subject: Re: Documentation - How to debug ACPI Problems

On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:40:01 EDT, Len Brown said:
> 
> > +Thomas Renninger <trenn@...e.de>, 2007
> > +Copyright (C) 2007 SUSE Linux GmbH
> 
> While it seems to be generally customary to identify the authors of Documentation
> files, it doesn't seem to be customary for them to assert a copyright.
> Is this really necessary?  My concern is that it could discourage contributors
> for user or changing the text in any way they see fit.
> 
> can anybody offer guidance on this?

Well, if it's a GPL-friendly license on the document, the contributors should
feel free to change it as needed - that's the point of the GPL.

What it *does* make clear is that the doc was a "work for hire" under
copyright law, and that if there's infringement, it isn't Thomas that's
going to come looking for you, it's Suse Linux GmbH.
> thanks,
> -Len
> 
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