From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: bugzilla-daemon-590EEB7GvNiWaY/ihj7yzEB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org Subject: [Bug 118311] Non-free licensed man pages Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2016 09:17:37 +0000 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-man-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-man@vger.kernel.org https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=118311 Michael Kerrisk changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org --- Comment #1 from Michael Kerrisk --- Tom, what's the problem with man2/sysinfo.2? The page source says that modifications are freely allowed. Regarding man2/getitimer.2, I've just made some substantial changes to better describe the APIs, and in fact the page has been modified repeatedly over the years, and little of the original text remains. I presume the failure by the original author to grant permission to modify was simply an oversight; certainly, the large number of people who have changed the page have taken that to be the case. In the light of all of these facts (and that I'm the majority author by now), I've changed the license text to note that modifications are freely permitted. man2/pciconfig_read.2 is a little more tricky. I assume the failure to explicitly mention that modifications are allowed was unintentional. The page has seen modifications over time, but they've all been minor/mechanical. Not sure what to do there. I find no signs of activity on the email address given in the page during the last 10 years, which at the least suggests that email address is no longer active. But, it looks like this is him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/niki-rahimi-57766b7. I'll try to contact him. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching the assignee of the bug. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html