From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Google-Smtp-Source: AG47ELv/e/BBT4nMaEsiRebYzeMGc4PHh1PpOrnH+gRmFxHOHcF5IrknE6u939QO9PoReylYRmao ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; t=1521720841; cv=none; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; b=nfk9tQ3mL7KaCVxnzBylnewRbSrTvtbo7DP3KsZM7sNkO9HpPhd00dl9iXjpSWkWpV B7rHhMonrEWW2XetpUgBe5I8GlGg7HUmZEmjZR3bgbfK5WF1cUHr0gZJpqTBXtNLr0x9 XR7cJM56x89xXDMZlOKHxnnzx+sF+eKyYHcCxdarcGxr5WqMU0Qu2XjyAxRZF2GXMnEZ 0XH77WfCOJrrBn+WITSFCrl4AfwEC74G27MH4LNsnIfkUnmJ2lgiQGdKN1hDcHOHeJtG mlbyT9tdv1MmdKtSdSK0O9wPRfryGBvt1Dtj3JQvgh3RVbGmKRbTw8lEImnZ8F9aYKr6 ZRog== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; h=user-agent:in-reply-to:content-disposition:mime-version:references :message-id:subject:cc:to:from:date:dkim-signature :arc-authentication-results; bh=lZIutr6gtbbFpuS0zZDPfguJNG8bxszrBBoTu2KiFTo=; b=jkxNp34XOAZdIWopjCuQNx7xVZkGVkFz7Kgli8J9CBV0fnz1azvx37QvG58+HXBqrk LiQzXlg0NSa25svn4nVbbRJ3jaD86u8VtUFYl6Ny7DXtsQBls0t64jTJYAADV/AQ862n wpST2Cq0b8e4oADFHrUsQpmK8Xsm9djeW9Jr/hPHb9jkww70jMXQ36GTwwLk9j0YBfDi VxtBjux+5T887qyaSnYRvJonqk0sCnol9JbP5rczhDgEc1En4dkGA3o6H5VqeVbN8oJU 3ZlJsnTbBA1TGtav7tgToGb0vZ7qMJKM/fJttPKybVCRXpf8VNLFNBW3t4DjIFwYrNe/ q2LA== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx.google.com; dkim=pass header.i=@infradead.org header.s=bombadil.20170209 header.b=bjD562Re; spf=pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of willy@infradead.org designates 2607:7c80:54:e::133 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=willy@infradead.org Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; dkim=pass header.i=@infradead.org header.s=bombadil.20170209 header.b=bjD562Re; spf=pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of willy@infradead.org designates 2607:7c80:54:e::133 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=willy@infradead.org Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2018 05:13:55 -0700 From: Matthew Wilcox To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Cc: Jonathan Corbet , LKML , Linux-doc , Mauro Carvalho Chehab , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Thomas Gleixner , Jonas Oberg , Linus Torvalds , Philippe Ombredanne , Kate Stewart Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] COPYING: create a new file with points to the Kernel license files Message-ID: <20180322121355.GA16195@bombadil.infradead.org> References: <20180322095414.24019-1-mchehab@s-opensource.com> <20180322095414.24019-2-mchehab@s-opensource.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20180322095414.24019-2-mchehab@s-opensource.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.2 (2017-12-15) X-getmail-retrieved-from-mailbox: INBOX X-GMAIL-THRID: =?utf-8?q?1595631169729056837?= X-GMAIL-MSGID: =?utf-8?q?1595639953273299154?= X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 06:54:13AM -0300, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: > +++ b/Documentation/process/license-rules.rst > @@ -4,15 +4,17 @@ Linux kernel licensing rules > ============================ > > The Linux Kernel is provided under the terms of the GNU General Public > -License version 2 only (GPL-2.0), as published by the Free Software > -Foundation, and provided in the COPYING file. This documentation file is > -not meant to replace the COPYING file, but provides a description of how > -each source file should be annotated to make the licensing it is governed > -under clear and unambiguous. > - > -The license in the COPYING file applies to the kernel source as a whole, > -though individual source files can have a different license which is > -required to be compatible with the GPL-2.0:: > +version 2 only (GPL-2.0), as written at LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0, ^^^ you dropped the word 'License' here Also, I think this should read "as provided in", not "as written at". > +with an explicit syscall exception described at s/at/in/ > +LICENSES/exceptions/Linux-syscall-note, as described in the COPYING file. This phrasing is awkward with "desribed" used twice in the same sentence ... > +This documentation file is not meant to replace the Kernel's license, > +but provides a description of how each source file should be annotated > +to make the licensing it is governed under clear and unambiguous. I'd rather this said: This documentation file provides a description of how each source file should be annotated to make its license clear and unambiguous.