linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] LICENSES: Add note to CDDL-1.0 license that it should not be used

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Date:   Mon, 15 Oct 2018 12:08:35 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
cc:     Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Kate Stewart <kstewart@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] LICENSES: Add note to CDDL-1.0 license that it should
 not be used

On Mon, 15 Oct 2018, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 03:23:07PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > I'd rather replace the 'GPL-2.0' with something like '$GPL-COMPATIBLE-ID'
> > and say explicitely in the prosa text that CCDL can only be used with OR
> > and not with AND.
> 
> Maybe we should take the whole thing to a higher level, and split
> the other folder into
> 
> legacy/
>  - for licenses that exist but should never be used for new code
> 
> and
> 
> dual/
>  - for licenses that should only be used for dual licensing with
>    something from preferred/

That makes sense.

Thanks,

	tglx