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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>,
	mingo@redhat.com, hpa@zytor.com, a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl,
	tglx@linutronix.de
Subject: Re: [tip:core/locking] lockdep, rtmutex, bug: Show taint flags on error
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 18:21:55 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20111206182155.6b4dedc3@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20111206181422.GA11881@elliptictech.com>

> FYI, there's no "I will only sign off on a patch doing two 
> things if it's applied in full" kind of condition in the SOB 
> definition, allowing that would break the GPL: people have the 
> right to take your modifications to the GPL-ed kernel and modify 
> it further.

That gets into moral rights, and at least in the EU representing someone
as the author of something they are not isn't a good idea even before you
get to any contractual or licensing questions. I don't believe the EU is
unusual in this point either.

Alan

  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-12-06 18:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-10-28  3:36 [PATCH 1/2] lockdep,rtmutex,bug: Show taint flags on error Ben Hutchings
2011-10-31  1:59 ` Rusty Russell
2011-11-16 21:52 ` Ben Hutchings
2011-11-16 22:24   ` Dave Jones
2011-11-17  8:48   ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-11-17 15:18     ` Ben Hutchings
2011-12-06  9:38 ` [tip:core/locking] lockdep, rtmutex, bug: " tip-bot for Ben Hutchings
2011-12-06 15:34   ` Ben Hutchings
2011-12-06 17:48     ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-12-06 17:55       ` Alan Cox
2011-12-06 17:56         ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-12-06 17:59         ` Ingo Molnar
2011-12-06 18:17           ` Ben Hutchings
2011-12-06 18:28             ` Ingo Molnar
2011-12-06 19:14               ` Ingo Molnar
2011-12-06 21:13                 ` Ben Hutchings
2011-12-07  7:49                   ` Ingo Molnar
2011-12-06 18:04         ` Ingo Molnar
2011-12-06 17:54     ` Ingo Molnar
2011-12-06 18:14       ` Nick Bowler
2011-12-06 18:20         ` Ingo Molnar
2011-12-06 18:21         ` Alan Cox [this message]
2011-12-06 18:34           ` Ingo Molnar
2011-12-06 18:23         ` Ben Hutchings

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