From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932090AbWAYSq0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jan 2006 13:46:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932094AbWAYSq0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jan 2006 13:46:26 -0500 Received: from 8.ctyme.com ([69.50.231.8]:45499 "EHLO darwin.ctyme.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932090AbWAYSq0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jan 2006 13:46:26 -0500 Message-ID: <43D7C780.6080000@perkel.com> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 10:46:24 -0800 From: Marc Perkel User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Patrick McLean CC: Stephen Hemminger , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: GPL V3 and Linux - Dead Copyright Holders References: <43D114A8.4030900@wolfmountaingroup.com> <20060120111103.2ee5b531@dxpl.pdx.osdl.net> <43D13B2A.6020504@cs.ubishops.ca> In-Reply-To: <43D13B2A.6020504@cs.ubishops.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Patrick McLean wrote: > Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > > Also, given that several of the copyright holders in the kernel are > dead, I don't think we will be able to obtain permission. > > Makes me wonder if something should be done to address the issue of dead copyright holders. Not sure what but maybe there should be a clause in GPL3 addressing that?