linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] Documentation: Add a file explaining the requested Linux kernel license enforcement policy

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Date:   Fri, 20 Oct 2017 09:29:28 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Pavel Nikulin <nikulinpi@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Documentation: Add a file explaining the requested
 Linux kernel license enforcement policy

On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 06:28:12PM +0300, Pavel Nikulin wrote:
> Hold!
> 
> Greg, are you trying to put a new addendum to the terms of GPL v2?

Nope, as I said many times, that's not what is happening here.

> I read the FAQ you posted, having you writing in that FAQ that this is
> not a change to license terms is not enough.

Really?  Why not?  According to whom?  {hint, not according to all of
the legal people I have worked with on this topic, and it was a boatload
of them...}

> Modification of GPL V2 terms are explicitly disallowed.

Again, we are not modifying the license, so all should be fine, thanks
for agreeing!

greg k-h