From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA29DC46464 for ; Thu, 9 Aug 2018 08:25:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75D952098B for ; Thu, 9 Aug 2018 08:25:05 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 75D952098B Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=iogearbox.net Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1729945AbeHIKsr (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Aug 2018 06:48:47 -0400 Received: from www62.your-server.de ([213.133.104.62]:33224 "EHLO www62.your-server.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727601AbeHIKsr (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Aug 2018 06:48:47 -0400 Received: from [78.46.172.3] (helo=sslproxy06.your-server.de) by www62.your-server.de with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.85_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fngFb-0007sU-9H; Thu, 09 Aug 2018 10:24:55 +0200 Received: from [62.203.87.61] (helo=linux.home) by sslproxy06.your-server.de with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1fngFb-0003Tm-4F; Thu, 09 Aug 2018 10:24:55 +0200 Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next 0/4] Convert filter.txt to RST To: "Tobin C. Harding" , Alexei Starovoitov Cc: Alexei Starovoitov , Jonathan Corbet , "David S. Miller" , Kees Cook , Andy Lutomirski , Will Drewry , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20180809052328.27942-1-me@tobin.cc> <20180809060734.rtqqu4sexbwzuqmm@ast-mbp> <20180809072753.GF32374@eros> From: Daniel Borkmann Message-ID: <80bdc251-9f57-602f-6536-b34651684bb7@iogearbox.net> Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2018 10:24:54 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20180809072753.GF32374@eros> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Authenticated-Sender: daniel@iogearbox.net X-Virus-Scanned: Clear (ClamAV 0.100.0/24825/Thu Aug 9 02:43:16 2018) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 08/09/2018 09:27 AM, Tobin C. Harding wrote: > On Wed, Aug 08, 2018 at 11:07:35PM -0700, Alexei Starovoitov wrote: >> On Thu, Aug 09, 2018 at 03:23:24PM +1000, Tobin C. Harding wrote: >>> >>> Daniel and Alexei, can I please have permission to add GPLv2+ to the BPF >>> docs? >> >> kernel licensing is GPLv2 without + > > According to process/license-rules.rst > > GPL-2.0+ : GNU General Public License v2.0 or later Not really, please see the first three paragraphs of process/license-rules.rst. The COPYING file of the kernel says that it's 'v2' and not 'v2 or later', unless otherwise _explicitly_ noted. Given that and given there is no other specific note in filter.txt, it would mean it's v2-only due to that rule. >> every file (including docs) can potentially have a different >> compatible license, but since they were developed >> implicitly under v2 only you would need to get a buy-in from >> all contributors before making such change. > > So if a file does not _explicitly_ state that it is under another > licence it is ok to add GPLv2? > > > thanks, > Tobin. >