From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-10.3 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,MENTIONS_GIT_HOSTING, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE846C47080 for ; Tue, 1 Jun 2021 22:37:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3B6E613BD for ; Tue, 1 Jun 2021 22:37:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S234953AbhFAWja (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Jun 2021 18:39:30 -0400 Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([185.233.100.1]:50244 "EHLO hera.aquilenet.fr" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S234714AbhFAWja (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Jun 2021 18:39:30 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hera.aquilenet.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0E49899; Wed, 2 Jun 2021 00:37:45 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at aquilenet.fr Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (hera.aquilenet.fr [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id xtQRWJTpljHk; Wed, 2 Jun 2021 00:37:45 +0200 (CEST) Received: from begin (unknown [IPv6:2a01:cb19:956:1b00:de41:a9ff:fe47:ec49]) by hera.aquilenet.fr (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id EE20E170; Wed, 2 Jun 2021 00:37:44 +0200 (CEST) Received: from samy by begin with local (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1loD15-005WbP-QT; Wed, 02 Jun 2021 00:37:43 +0200 Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2021 00:37:43 +0200 From: Samuel Thibault To: Jonathan Corbet , Christopher Brannon , William Hubbs , collins@gene3.ait.iastate.edu, Steve Holmes Cc: Igor Matheus Andrade Torrente , gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, grandmaster@al2klimov.de, rdunlap@infradead.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] docs: Convert the Speakup guide to rst Message-ID: <20210601223743.carif4gkzcz5jo7j@begin> Mail-Followup-To: Samuel Thibault , Jonathan Corbet , Christopher Brannon , William Hubbs , collins@gene3.ait.iastate.edu, Steve Holmes , Igor Matheus Andrade Torrente , gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, grandmaster@al2klimov.de, rdunlap@infradead.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20210531215737.8431-1-igormtorrente@gmail.com> <875yyxbenm.fsf@meer.lwn.net> <20210601220643.uzep2ju2zlcmpa57@begin> <874keh9qk9.fsf@meer.lwn.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <874keh9qk9.fsf@meer.lwn.net> Organization: I am not organized User-Agent: NeoMutt/20170609 (1.8.3) X-Spamd-Bar: -- Authentication-Results: hera.aquilenet.fr X-Rspamd-Server: hera X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: F0E49899 X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.50 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; FREEMAIL_ENVRCPT(0.00)[cox.net,gmail.com]; TAGGED_RCPT(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; HAS_ORG_HEADER(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; RCPT_COUNT_SEVEN(0.00)[11]; RCVD_NO_TLS_LAST(0.10)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_NOT_FQDN(0.50)[]; FREEMAIL_CC(0.00)[gmail.com]; BAYES_HAM(-3.00)[100.00%] Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Jonathan Corbet, le mar. 01 juin 2021 16:18:46 -0600, a ecrit: > The problem is that the kernel docs, when built, include a great deal of > code and text taken directly from the kernel source. The built docs are > thus a derived product of the kernel and the result needs to carry a > GPL-compatible license. Ah... > I've spent some time talking with lawyers about > this, and they have confirmed that view of things. Yes, sure. > As a standalone .txt file there is probably no legal problem, but that > changes as soon as you bring it into RST TOC tree. Yes. > >> What are the chances that we can get the authors to agree on a change to > >> a GPL-compatible license for this file? > > > > I don't know about Collins' opinion on this, Cc-ing him with the latest > > mail my archives know for him (which dates 2008...) > > > > The copyright "the Speakup Team" is a more complex thing to look for. > > Do you have a history of contributors to the file in its previous home? Checking more closely, it seems we have it. The detail is in git@github.com:linux-speakup/speakup.git in ./doc/spkguide.txt, but that seems relatively simple: - The initial import of the file (bddef0d280cd) wears only the Gene Collins copyright notice. - I made some changes and added my copyright notice. - Christopher Brannon (now in Cc) made various changes and added the "the Speakup Team" copyright notice. - William Hubbs (now in Cc) made some changes. - Steve Holmes (now in Cc) added one sentence. So we'd need Gene's, Christopher's, William's, and Steve's ack on adding the GPL alternative to the GFDL-1.2 licence. Samuel