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=-8.1 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 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 59A84C34026 for ; Tue, 18 Feb 2020 18:40:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32BEA24125 for ; Tue, 18 Feb 2020 18:40:35 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="XhDjabUD" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726605AbgBRSkd (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Feb 2020 13:40:33 -0500 Received: from mail-yw1-f68.google.com ([209.85.161.68]:39575 "EHLO mail-yw1-f68.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726333AbgBRSkd (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Feb 2020 13:40:33 -0500 Received: by mail-yw1-f68.google.com with SMTP id h126so9845099ywc.6 for ; Tue, 18 Feb 2020 10:40:32 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=subject:to:cc:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=9jZ5yWoaicfmGExgrAkNkbKcks0bHnu5AVQQLZuqwII=; b=XhDjabUDEUe8VC3gAy53xtbp5w/d0/4LQrPDSO5xphlcflwkRF7WDbSyvRYY+OZcsj VUycx3AWRgY5hEdyGk1X/7OG8eCH5VAtgh9HR/tak1UoJYm7VEwF/NByNTZjCYN1GCbB ksPa7tDDuv3QwHIaWV6K+hM2Tixxa/zXjjrGW0Zd15JYWV1PYEs6Kg+UxAkCoygRh5t9 qPfsh9Nl0EcvB9a3BixgzbfehcM/rhIMVeqzZZN3giOp2JmqrdlHkyQwsVNxRJWk49Hj SV3A5F5vI4btdgTEZM+Q4wmhL+HCDOKvr9/Kk145vW3Y2e5QWP9jp56vv6L2dLp7mefl ScRw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:cc:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language :content-transfer-encoding; bh=9jZ5yWoaicfmGExgrAkNkbKcks0bHnu5AVQQLZuqwII=; b=c+UGEv1ksgPpAtYoIEbnMx4ZZfkchXwFI2mM3Lrv33EN6enC9j+SwJWq1hfXW9aJ63 RUcQihiwBaHse4SVKreaImmLSaHAUSJL89ly4qqjiWrmjA6/3o/oEjIxJirW5HM8ae0+ 1jMssokQzdAhMf2pgUgJ8XkxztIK/3+FWWEN0Bbe9wFY2KtDJoNMG51lCOJpRDft9754 CQ9TSKrrZ8OSmiymeMA6XudUG4Fk+4DFjnnCY/a2f21wOcFX7Fo5Dm3XW1bEJ7sqvp76 Ud1Cuos6UvwEQx64qyU7LVoDACfDuh7lKLAAsI3iOncMZNGa93ceMO4l3EY0MwLJe4am Nq8Q== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAVDsEHyyKFppfQHAOUrG5VzgJpsMJf3SDxGwCPhrpruXkTxzNF3 ppd5keIBRYfskHPpLC/We1I= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqy0zWwsFCGehkM8xLQ+AQLpo76Cq17gBqATF/hbY7BC3G5kB4ppNDRcpfyh0/JWt8m9UdwHgg== X-Received: by 2002:a81:7145:: with SMTP id m66mr17930368ywc.458.1582051232179; Tue, 18 Feb 2020 10:40:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.46] (c-73-88-245-53.hsd1.tn.comcast.net. [73.88.245.53]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id s68sm2012903ywg.69.2020.02.18.10.40.31 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 18 Feb 2020 10:40:31 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: [PATCH] COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file To: Greg Kroah-Hartman , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Thomas Gleixner References: <20200206154800.GA3754085@kroah.com> From: Frank Rowand Message-ID: Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 12:40:31 -0600 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.9.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20200206154800.GA3754085@kroah.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 2/6/20 9:48 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > Explicitly state that all contributions to the kernel source tree > really are covered under this COPYING file in case someone thought > otherwise. Lawyers love to be pedantic, even more so than software > engineers at times, and this sentence makes them sleep easier. > > Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman > --- > COPYING | 2 ++ > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING > index da4cb28febe6..a635a38ef940 100644 > --- a/COPYING > +++ b/COPYING > @@ -16,3 +16,5 @@ In addition, other licenses may also apply. Please see: > Documentation/process/license-rules.rst > > for more details. > + > +All contributions to the Linux Kernel are subject to this COPYING file. > Reviewed-by: Frank Rowand