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From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: Richard Fontana <rfontana@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 25/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 100
Date: Wed, 22 May 2019 15:42:51 +0200 (CEST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.1905221539040.1637@nanos.tec.linutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAC1cPGya89Pd2sS5xV_g6BAJycOzbXiEmKwP7AKbaYBEtywatg@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, 22 May 2019, Richard Fontana wrote:

> On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 8:05 AM Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:
> 
> >   neither [alan] [cox] [nor] [cymrunet]
> >   [ltd] admit liability nor provide warranty for any of this software
> >   this material is provided as is and at no charge
> 
> Since some of these disclaimer statements are getting scrutinized,
> this one is also notable though it is more general than the other ones
> that have been called out. I think we should decide what to do about
> variously-worded warranty/liability disclaimer statements in general
> and consider this variety along with others. I assume SPDX previously
> never considered the problem of how to deal with license notices with
> various nonstandard disclaimer statements other than implicitly
> treating the ones in the GNU notice as conveying nothing more than
> what's already in the GPL/LGPL license texts.
> 
> For the time being I am trying to call attention to anything that
> seems even slightly interestingly different from what's in the GNU
> notice ("WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE").

Right. The patcher keeps them around:

- *     This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- *     modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
- *     as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
- *     2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
  *     Neither Alan Cox nor CymruNet Ltd. admit liability nor provide
  *     warranty for any of this software. This material is provided
  *     "AS-IS" and at no charge.

But yes, the question is whether this is yet another license
variant^Wabomination.

Assumed that combining these magic disclaimers with the GPL text forms a
unique license then we probably (did not validate) double the number of
licenses in the kernel. We already have 80+ without those.

Thanks,

	tglx

  reply	other threads:[~2019-05-22 13:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 94+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-05-22  7:51 [patch 00/25] SPDX cleanup: batch 4 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 01/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 76 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 12:10   ` Armijn Hemel - Tjaldur Software Governance Solutions
2019-05-22 12:47   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-22 12:48   ` Kate Stewart
2019-05-23 21:04   ` Allison Randal
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 02/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 77 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 13:14   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-22 14:35   ` Armijn Hemel - Tjaldur Software Governance Solutions
2019-05-23 21:04   ` Allison Randal
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 03/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 78 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 13:15   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-22 15:22   ` Armijn Hemel - Tjaldur Software Governance Solutions
2019-05-23 21:06   ` Allison Randal
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 04/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 79 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 13:08   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-22 15:36   ` Armijn Hemel - Tjaldur Software Governance Solutions
2019-05-23 21:06   ` Allison Randal
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 05/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 80 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 13:07   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-22 13:18     ` Greg KH
2019-05-23 21:20       ` Allison Randal
2019-05-24  2:40         ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-24  2:21       ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-24  5:54         ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-24  5:55         ` Greg KH
2019-05-24 16:29           ` Allison Randal
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 06/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 81 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 13:13   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-22 16:42   ` Armijn Hemel - Tjaldur Software Governance Solutions
2019-05-23  0:43   ` Kate Stewart
2019-05-23 21:10   ` Allison Randal
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 07/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 82 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 13:15   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-22 16:43   ` Armijn Hemel - Tjaldur Software Governance Solutions
2019-05-23  0:43   ` Kate Stewart
2019-05-23 21:11   ` Allison Randal
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 08/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 83 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 13:13   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-22 21:58   ` Armijn Hemel - Tjaldur Software Governance Solutions
2019-05-23  0:43   ` Kate Stewart
2019-05-23 21:12   ` Allison Randal
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 09/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 84 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 13:12   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-22 21:58   ` Armijn Hemel - Tjaldur Software Governance Solutions
2019-05-23 21:22   ` Allison Randal
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 10/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 85 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 13:03   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 11/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 86 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 13:14   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-23 21:41   ` Allison Randal
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 12/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 87 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 13:11   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-22 13:46     ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 13/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 88 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 13:11   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-23 21:43   ` Allison Randal
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 14/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 89 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 13:12   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-23 21:44   ` Allison Randal
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 15/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 90 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 13:06   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-23 21:45   ` Allison Randal
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 16/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 91 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 12:48   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-23 21:45   ` Allison Randal
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 17/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 92 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 13:02   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-22 18:07     ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 18/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 93 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 12:48   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-23 21:48   ` Allison Randal
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 19/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 94 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 13:06   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-23 21:48   ` Allison Randal
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 20/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 95 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 13:00   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-23 21:49   ` Allison Randal
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 21/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 96 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 12:59   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-23 21:50   ` Allison Randal
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 22/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 97 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 13:05   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-23 21:50   ` Allison Randal
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 23/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 98 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 13:06   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-23 21:51   ` Allison Randal
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 24/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 99 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 13:04   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-22  7:51 ` [patch 25/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 100 Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-22 12:59   ` Richard Fontana
2019-05-22 13:42     ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
2019-05-22 15:30     ` J Lovejoy
2019-05-23 22:05     ` Allison Randal

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