linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] LICENSES: Add the CC-BY-4.0 license

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Date:   Tue, 24 Nov 2020 10:18:52 +0100
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@...mhuis.info>
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] LICENSES: Add the CC-BY-4.0 license

On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 09:00:01AM +0100, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> For context: Patch 2 of this series adds a text to the Documentation/ directory
> which (for now) uses "GPL-2.0+ OR CC-BY-4.0", as I want to make it easy and
> attractive for others to base their work on it. I'm not strongly attached to
> CC-BY-4.0, but it seemed like the best choice: it's designed for such usage and
> afaics better than using MIT for text files.

And you've not Cced me on that patch 2 or patch 3, which makes Ccing
me on this pretty useless as I can't judge the context.