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Message-ID: <20070927110950.0561eca1@freepuppy.rosehill> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:09:50 -0700 From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org> To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Cc: linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: New 'Changes-licensed-under' tag introduced for Linux-wireless On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:00:09 -0400 "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...il.com> wrote: > Our guidelines for patches [1] for Linux-wireless has been updated. > One section asks Linux-wireless developers to subscribe to the patch > guideline wiki page (section 2) and another which introduces the new > 'Changes-licensed-under' (section 10). > > Here I'll cover the new 'Changes-licensed-under' tag but please refer > to the link and subscribe to the page for the complete details and for > further changes. > No, please don't down this legal rat hole. It would cause bullshit like people submitting dual licensed patches to the scheduler or GPL only patches to the ath5k or ACPI code. Instead, add a section to Documentation/SubmittingPatches that clearly states that all changes to a file are licensed under the same license as the original file. I don't feel legally qualified to write the correct wording. -- Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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