From: Richard Fontana <rfontana@redhat.com>
To: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>, linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Batch 8 patch 15/23] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 166
Date: Mon, 27 May 2019 10:04:55 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAC1cPGz4ORHf8JCRL8Suv5YEMuv+7KTU9kSFt=95SqkV17RJ8Q@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190527135104.GA6905@kroah.com>
On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 9:51 AM Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 09:37:50AM -0400, Richard Fontana wrote:
[...]
> > Red Hat copyrights can be treated as GPL-2.0-or-later, if that is desired.
> >
> > [...]
>
> Are you sure you can do that? If the code was based on a work that was
> from GPL-2.0-only you can't, right? :)
Not sure I agree, but maybe not worth getting into on this list, or in
this context anyway.
> Please, let's not get into the "oh, you can change the license of all
> files from company X" business with regards to these semi-automated
> conversions. That's just going to add work and make things more
> complex.
>
> Feel free to relicense your company's files at a later point in time,
> just submit a patch to the kernel like any other developer :)
Okay, fair enough! Henceforth I will not comment on GPLv2-only notices
associated with Red Hat copyrights in these reviews.
Richard
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-05-27 14:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 98+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-05-27 6:54 [Batch 8 patch 00/23] Batch 8 of random GPL notices/references Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-27 6:55 ` [Batch 8 patch 01/23] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 151 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-27 13:32 ` Armijn Hemel - Tjaldur Software Governance Solutions
2019-05-27 13:55 ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-27 23:29 ` Allison Randal
2019-05-27 6:55 ` [Batch 8 patch 02/23] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 152 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-27 23:32 ` Allison Randal
2019-05-27 6:55 ` [Batch 8 patch 03/23] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 153 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-27 13:35 ` Armijn Hemel - Tjaldur Software Governance Solutions
2019-05-27 13:54 ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-27 23:33 ` Allison Randal
2019-05-27 6:55 ` [Batch 8 patch 04/23] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 154 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-27 13:37 ` Armijn Hemel - Tjaldur Software Governance Solutions
2019-05-27 13:52 ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-27 23:34 ` Allison Randal
2019-05-27 6:55 ` [Batch 8 patch 05/23] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 155 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-27 13:37 ` Armijn Hemel - Tjaldur Software Governance Solutions
2019-05-27 13:50 ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-27 23:36 ` Allison Randal
2019-05-27 6:55 ` [Batch 8 patch 06/23] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 156 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-27 14:08 ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-27 16:08 ` Kate Stewart
2019-05-28 15:58 ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-27 23:37 ` Allison Randal
2019-05-27 6:55 ` [Batch 8 patch 07/23] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 157 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-27 13:56 ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-27 15:31 ` Kate Stewart
2019-05-27 23:40 ` Allison Randal
2019-05-27 6:55 ` [Batch 8 patch 08/23] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 158 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-27 14:27 ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-27 15:39 ` Kate Stewart
2019-05-27 23:40 ` Allison Randal
2019-05-27 6:55 ` [Batch 8 patch 09/23] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 159 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-27 13:25 ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-27 15:37 ` Kate Stewart
2019-05-27 23:44 ` Allison Randal
2019-05-27 6:55 ` [Batch 8 patch 10/23] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 160 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-27 13:38 ` Armijn Hemel - Tjaldur Software Governance Solutions
2019-05-27 13:50 ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-27 14:18 ` Kate Stewart
2019-05-27 23:45 ` Allison Randal
2019-05-27 6:55 ` [Batch 8 patch 11/23] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 161 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-27 14:17 ` Kate Stewart
2019-05-27 14:24 ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-27 23:46 ` Allison Randal
2019-05-27 6:55 ` [Batch 8 patch 12/23] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 162 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-27 13:39 ` Armijn Hemel - Tjaldur Software Governance Solutions
2019-05-27 13:49 ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-27 14:16 ` Kate Stewart
2019-05-27 23:47 ` Allison Randal
2019-05-27 6:55 ` [Batch 8 patch 13/23] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 164 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-27 14:15 ` Kate Stewart
2019-05-27 14:54 ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-27 23:49 ` Allison Randal
2019-05-27 6:55 ` [Batch 8 patch 14/23] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 165 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-27 13:43 ` Armijn Hemel - Tjaldur Software Governance Solutions
2019-05-27 14:11 ` Kate Stewart
2019-05-27 15:05 ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-27 23:49 ` Allison Randal
2019-05-27 6:55 ` [Batch 8 patch 15/23] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 166 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-27 13:37 ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-27 13:51 ` Greg KH
2019-05-27 14:04 ` Richard Fontana [this message]
2019-05-27 14:10 ` Kate Stewart
2019-05-27 23:53 ` Allison Randal
2019-05-27 6:55 ` [Batch 8 patch 16/23] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 167 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-27 13:59 ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-27 14:07 ` Kate Stewart
2019-05-27 23:55 ` Allison Randal
2019-05-27 6:55 ` [Batch 8 patch 17/23] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 169 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-27 13:41 ` Armijn Hemel - Tjaldur Software Governance Solutions
2019-05-27 13:48 ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-27 6:55 ` [Batch 8 patch 18/23] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 170 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-27 13:41 ` Armijn Hemel - Tjaldur Software Governance Solutions
2019-05-27 13:45 ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-27 13:54 ` Kate Stewart
2019-05-27 23:58 ` Allison Randal
2019-05-27 6:55 ` [Batch 8 patch 19/23] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 171 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-27 13:43 ` Armijn Hemel - Tjaldur Software Governance Solutions
2019-05-27 13:53 ` Kate Stewart
2019-05-27 13:58 ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-28 0:07 ` Allison Randal
2019-05-27 6:55 ` [Batch 8 patch 20/23] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 172 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-27 13:49 ` Kate Stewart
2019-05-27 14:10 ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-28 0:09 ` Allison Randal
2019-05-27 6:55 ` [Batch 8 patch 21/23] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 173 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-27 13:42 ` Kate Stewart
2019-05-27 13:44 ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-28 0:10 ` Allison Randal
2019-05-27 6:55 ` [Batch 8 patch 22/23] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 174 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-27 13:40 ` Kate Stewart
2019-05-27 15:07 ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-28 0:11 ` Allison Randal
2019-05-27 6:55 ` [Batch 8 patch 23/23] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 175 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-27 13:41 ` Kate Stewart
2019-05-27 13:46 ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-28 0:12 ` Allison Randal
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