linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 06/12] staging: usbip: userspace: add new list API

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Message-ID: <20140305101603.GX27552@mwanda>
Date:	Wed, 5 Mar 2014 13:16:03 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	Valentina Manea <valentina.manea.m@...il.com>,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, shuah.kh@...sung.com,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, ly80toro@....cs.fau.de,
	tobias.polzer@....de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	firefly@...ts.rosedu.org, dominik.paulus@....de,
	ihadzic@...earch.bell-labs.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/12] staging: usbip: userspace: add new list API

On Tue, Mar 04, 2014 at 10:35:39PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 04, 2014 at 09:10:46PM +0200, Valentina Manea wrote:
> > Add a new list API from CCAN.
> 
> Why can't you just take the one from the kernel, as userspace is GPLv2
> code, right?
> 
> And are you sure CC0 is a "valid" license that you can mix with GPLv2
> code?  I ask this seriously, as I have heard that CC0 really isn't even
> a valid license at all, and if I was to accept this patch, I'm going to
> have to go talk to some lawyers, which isn't going to be fun...
> 

GNU people say it's compitable.
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#CC0

It's not a good license because it doesn't say anything about that there
is no warranties.  Maybe other reasons as well.

regards,
dan carpenter
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