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Message-ID: <20170525173131.GX8951@wotan.suse.de>
Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 19:31:31 +0200
From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
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Discussion and development of copyleft-next
<copyleft-next@...ts.fedorahosted.org>,
One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>, Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>,
Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Subject: Re: [copyleft-next] Re: Kernel modules under new copyleft licence :
(was Re: [PATCH v2] module.h: add copyleft-next >= 0.3.1 as GPL compatible)
On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 07:05:18PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
>
> > >> Alright, this makes sense.
> > >>
> > >> As noted though there are a few "or" clauses, which upstream file
> > >> is a good template to use for copyleft-next ?
> > >
> > > There seems to be a few "or" clauses. For instance:
> > >
> > > a) you can pick either license [0]
> > > b) gpl on Linux, otherwise this other license below [1]
> > >
> > > To help uplift copyleft will go with b).
> > >
> > > [0] drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/driver.c
> > > [1] drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c
> >
> > So that yields:
> >
> > * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
> > * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
> > * Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or at your option) any
> > * later version; or, when distributed separately from the Linux kernel or
> > * incorporated into other software packages, subject to the
>
> You have more )s there than (s.
Thanks just removed that pesky )
> Can you get rid of the "when distributed separately from the Linux
> kernel or incorporated into other software packages," wording? I'm not
> exactly sure what it is trying to say, and if it limits the license
> below in any way.
I had to pick an "or language" used already upstream and which folks were OK
with, this was one and I went with it. I prefer it as it makes it clear the
intent is outside of Linux I wish copyleft-next to apply.
Luis
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