Re: [PATCH 4/4] copyleft-next: embrace the Signed-off-by practice

["Ted Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>]

On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 05:44:49PM -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com>
> 
> The idea is taken from Linus Torvald's subsurface
> project [0] README file. The Signed-off-by is widely
> used in public projects and we stand to gain to make
> its usage more prevalent. The meaning of the
> Signed-off-by is borrowed from the Linux kernel's.
> 
> [0] git://github.com/torvalds/subsurface.git
> 
> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com>

I wonder why you're cc'ing the linux-kernel mailing list?  I've
checked the copyleft-next clause, and the anti-Tivoization clauses,
which was one of the primary reasons articulated by many kernel
developers --- including Linus Torvalds --- for not using GPLv3, is
still in the Copyleft-next license.

My understanding of Richard Fontana's past public positions was that
he was supportive of that part of the GPLv3 license, and so I had
assumed the Copyleft-next effort would be irrelevant as far as the
Linux Kernel was concerned.

Even if I am wrong about that (and I would be delighted if the answer
was that one of the Copyright-next's goals was to resolve this barrier
of the kernel moving off of GPLv2), it still would seem to me to be
out of scope of the LKML.

Regards,

							- Ted