* Qualcomm "All Rights Reserved" in Linux staging [not found] <1086604719.8856.1404508237223.JavaMail.zimbra@efficios.com> @ 2014-07-04 21:20 ` Mathieu Desnoyers 2014-07-04 22:05 ` Paul Bolle 2014-07-07 13:03 ` One Thousand Gnomes 0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Mathieu Desnoyers @ 2014-07-04 21:20 UTC (permalink / raw) To: gregkh; +Cc: LKML Hi Greg, Reading this story about Qualcomm lawyers shooting DMCA takedown requests lightly against github projects: http://linux.slashdot.org/story/14/07/04/1455200/qualcomm-takes-down-100-github-repositories-with-dmca-notice http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTczNDU https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2014-07-02-Qualcomm.md It appears to me that the mere presence of those lines in Linux staging: grep -r "Qualcomm" . |grep -i "rights" ./drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_usb.c: * CopyRight (C) 2007 Qualcomm Inc. All Rights Reserved. ./drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_download.c:* CopyRight (C) 2007 Qualcomm Inc. All Rights Reserved. ./drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_hw.c:/* CopyRight (C) 2007 Qualcomm Inc. All Rights Reserved. might be contradicting the Dual MPL/GPL license expressed by MODULE_LICENSE() for those files. Perhaps we should ask some clarification on licensing of those files to Qualcomm ? Thanks, Mathieu -- Mathieu Desnoyers EfficiOS Inc. http://www.efficios.com ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: Qualcomm "All Rights Reserved" in Linux staging 2014-07-04 21:20 ` Qualcomm "All Rights Reserved" in Linux staging Mathieu Desnoyers @ 2014-07-04 22:05 ` Paul Bolle 2014-07-04 22:12 ` gregkh 2014-07-07 13:03 ` One Thousand Gnomes 1 sibling, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Paul Bolle @ 2014-07-04 22:05 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Mathieu Desnoyers; +Cc: gregkh, LKML On Fri, 2014-07-04 at 21:20 +0000, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: > grep -r "Qualcomm" . |grep -i "rights" > ./drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_usb.c: * CopyRight (C) 2007 Qualcomm Inc. All Rights Reserved. > ./drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_download.c:* CopyRight (C) 2007 Qualcomm Inc. All Rights Reserved. > ./drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_hw.c:/* CopyRight (C) 2007 Qualcomm Inc. All Rights Reserved. That's actually a common pattern: $ git grep -i "Copyright.*All Rights Reserved" v3.16-rc3 | wc -l 5203 Paul Bolle ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: Qualcomm "All Rights Reserved" in Linux staging 2014-07-04 22:05 ` Paul Bolle @ 2014-07-04 22:12 ` gregkh 0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: gregkh @ 2014-07-04 22:12 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Paul Bolle; +Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers, LKML On Sat, Jul 05, 2014 at 12:05:48AM +0200, Paul Bolle wrote: > On Fri, 2014-07-04 at 21:20 +0000, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: > > grep -r "Qualcomm" . |grep -i "rights" > > ./drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_usb.c: * CopyRight (C) 2007 Qualcomm Inc. All Rights Reserved. > > ./drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_download.c:* CopyRight (C) 2007 Qualcomm Inc. All Rights Reserved. > > ./drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_hw.c:/* CopyRight (C) 2007 Qualcomm Inc. All Rights Reserved. > > That's actually a common pattern: > $ git grep -i "Copyright.*All Rights Reserved" v3.16-rc3 | wc -l > 5203 Yeah, I used to be "worried" about that as well, turns out it means nothing :) It's the license of the code that is the issue, not the copyright line, which all lawyers tell me now shouldn't even be in a file, as it, again, means nothing. thanks, greg k-h ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: Qualcomm "All Rights Reserved" in Linux staging 2014-07-04 21:20 ` Qualcomm "All Rights Reserved" in Linux staging Mathieu Desnoyers 2014-07-04 22:05 ` Paul Bolle @ 2014-07-07 13:03 ` One Thousand Gnomes 1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: One Thousand Gnomes @ 2014-07-07 13:03 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Mathieu Desnoyers; +Cc: gregkh, LKML On Fri, 4 Jul 2014 21:20:28 +0000 (UTC) Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> wrote: > Hi Greg, > > Reading this story about Qualcomm lawyers shooting > DMCA takedown requests lightly against github projects: > > http://linux.slashdot.org/story/14/07/04/1455200/qualcomm-takes-down-100-github-repositories-with-dmca-notice > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTczNDU > https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2014-07-02-Qualcomm.md > > It appears to me that the mere presence of those lines > in Linux staging: > > grep -r "Qualcomm" . |grep -i "rights" > ./drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_usb.c: * CopyRight (C) 2007 Qualcomm Inc. All Rights Reserved. > ./drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_download.c:* CopyRight (C) 2007 Qualcomm Inc. All Rights Reserved. > ./drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_hw.c:/* CopyRight (C) 2007 Qualcomm Inc. All Rights Reserved. > > might be contradicting the Dual MPL/GPL license > expressed by MODULE_LICENSE() for those files. > Perhaps we should ask some clarification on > licensing of those files to Qualcomm ? Trying to stop idiot DMCA takedowns is pointless. If some random robot issues a takedown the kernel.org folks will get another pointless DMCA notice and the Linux Foundation will have to go and kick backsides. Qualcomm screwed up massively - the problem is that fake DMCA takedowns are never punished. Qualcomm shouldn't just be apologising, they should facing an automatic financial penalty for each bogus filing and whoever signed the notices should be facing their professional body. Alan ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
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