From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752656AbdJTSZl (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Oct 2017 14:25:41 -0400 Received: from www.llwyncelyn.cymru ([82.70.14.225]:54764 "EHLO fuzix.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752101AbdJTSZk (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Oct 2017 14:25:40 -0400 Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 19:25:37 +0100 From: Alan Cox To: Pavel Nikulin Cc: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Documentation: Add a file explaining the requested Linux kernel license enforcement policy Message-ID: <20171020192519.78772151@alans-desktop> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: Intel Corporation X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.14.1 (GTK+ 2.24.31; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 19 Oct 2017 18:28:12 +0300 Pavel Nikulin wrote: > Hold! > > Greg, are you trying to put a new addendum to the terms of GPL v2? In many parts of the world if you make a promise about not enforcing a right to take some action (sometimes even an implied one) you cannot then take that action. So if you say "I won't sue you just because you've got a tiny GPL compliance issue", then in much of the world if you attempt to do so you'll find you can't. I do think it's poorly drafted because it doesn't contain any "unless you sue us" caveat so you won't find my name on it. Alan