From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265080AbTLLXmr (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Dec 2003 18:42:47 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265100AbTLLXmr (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Dec 2003 18:42:47 -0500 Received: from gprs149-168.eurotel.cz ([160.218.149.168]:7555 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265080AbTLLXmp (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Dec 2003 18:42:45 -0500 Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 00:43:50 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Andre Hedrick Cc: Linus Torvalds , Paul Adams , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux GPL and binary module exception clause? Message-ID: <20031212234350.GB541@elf.ucw.cz> References: <20031212194004.GB465@elf.ucw.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > So basically you think it is okay to pollute the kernel tree and > opensource with information of questionable origin? If this is your > position, remind me to remove all code that you have ever touched. I think it should be okay to put code I wrote into kernel, and put GPLed code into kernel when I keep original author's copyright (I commonly integrate patches from the lists, etc). And I do not want to deal with U.S. courts (or Afghanistan courts, for that matter). > You do not get a lawsuit if you have ownership of the code you are > submitting. As far as I can see, in U.S. you can get lawsuit independend of whether you did anything wrong or not. Pavel -- When do you have a heart between your knees? [Johanka's followup: and *two* hearts?]