From: Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 12:40:31 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <b3dbaeaf-0960-1b76-e2a7-7f45962ffdd2@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200206154800.GA3754085@kroah.com>
On 2/6/20 9:48 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> Explicitly state that all contributions to the kernel source tree
> really are covered under this COPYING file in case someone thought
> otherwise. Lawyers love to be pedantic, even more so than software
> engineers at times, and this sentence makes them sleep easier.
>
> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> ---
> COPYING | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
> index da4cb28febe6..a635a38ef940 100644
> --- a/COPYING
> +++ b/COPYING
> @@ -16,3 +16,5 @@ In addition, other licenses may also apply. Please see:
> Documentation/process/license-rules.rst
>
> for more details.
> +
> +All contributions to the Linux Kernel are subject to this COPYING file.
>
Reviewed-by: Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com>
prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-02-18 18:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-02-06 15:48 [PATCH] COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file Greg Kroah-Hartman
2020-02-06 16:02 ` Gustavo A. R. Silva
2020-02-18 18:40 ` Frank Rowand [this message]
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