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 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30BD8C433F5 for ; Sat, 1 Oct 2022 15:08:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229588AbiJAPIS (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Oct 2022 11:08:18 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:48910 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229524AbiJAPIR (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Oct 2022 11:08:17 -0400 Received: from mail-pf1-x436.google.com (mail-pf1-x436.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::436]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BD4D0C458E for ; Sat, 1 Oct 2022 08:08:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-pf1-x436.google.com with SMTP id c68so326417pfc.4 for ; Sat, 01 Oct 2022 08:08:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=chromium.org; s=google; h=in-reply-to:content-disposition:mime-version:references:message-id :subject:cc:to:from:date:from:to:cc:subject:date; bh=CfJ4LY4nyRCFIeOrGborQL4EdiBueyyIq2QPL4Ls338=; b=KwF3kbq1FZA2uP9a0tlkd8V1N1rfa6TuMxv2pnDtsCRQ0K0IW91HVe0i70JDsL9Oyl L5q3vcI8eRVq9lMOuBDiY85Pqii/qbld9fGIP9a8Atgxg6GrK5iMFo0qFGzadxE+jWwS VQ5evluisRfa6D45Z6V3E7u53N522mX6GLIFY= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=in-reply-to:content-disposition:mime-version:references:message-id :subject:cc:to:from:date:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date; bh=CfJ4LY4nyRCFIeOrGborQL4EdiBueyyIq2QPL4Ls338=; b=OT8ZRzojX0la1iCHxA3ZmtTLKwIWjvRzRw/D/E2Pr4WrU02ha4dAzXl4J9hTkk+eF0 WPz/2CAs4jrLfrwyUBHjmGNk7+dPQ4jwhDmr7SnKHe2ceGhIVJScCkLQY8RQVDypsqhM 7vWvmFez3132OK/48cmGovRF6j9Tw/FjR9LRzj/F4xDE0t3Lg2MSkInC1+gU54UuH1NV Kd85Yzf9TLEQqmH/0uz6ZZFzPyzPFiPafYgA8NqJSv+5V0cfLofDi0ftOMojRFLd9/p6 ATECKDPVC72qr64KsuB2764KowPNwiCbxZHfAt2z7L4wO1F/3QOH+lJQ0H/lHEY4vOEf nkbg== X-Gm-Message-State: ACrzQf1pcHOmjqYOs+mpdStGpoOHlY3bjAm6zOM6/XT+BzGLl9XgiILj wLg2q1iYmDUv9fn31k/d/JVMLA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AMsMyM6JdGUouZLlItZTS+6c+aB/E63F7x3GTMIkV6Qq/vQvzuV/5OP825+gOMFDOPQlU7H87ilxdg== X-Received: by 2002:a63:e809:0:b0:43c:b1b6:a50c with SMTP id s9-20020a63e809000000b0043cb1b6a50cmr11769391pgh.428.1664636894214; Sat, 01 Oct 2022 08:08:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from www.outflux.net (smtp.outflux.net. [198.145.64.163]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id ij26-20020a170902ab5a00b0016d8d277c02sm4002926plb.25.2022.10.01.08.08.13 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Sat, 01 Oct 2022 08:08:13 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2022 08:08:12 -0700 From: Kees Cook To: Luis Chamberlain Cc: tglx@linutronix.de, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, shuah@kernel.org, joe@perches.com, rostedt@goodmis.org, linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Goldwyn Rodrigues , Kuno Woudt , Richard Fontana , copyleft-next@lists.fedorahosted.org, Ciaran Farrell , Christopher De Nicolo , Christoph Hellwig , Jonathan Corbet , Thorsten Leemhuis Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 1/2] LICENSES: Add the copyleft-next-0.3.1 license Message-ID: <202210010804.206AED744@keescook> References: <20220914060147.1934064-1-mcgrof@kernel.org> <20220914060147.1934064-2-mcgrof@kernel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20220914060147.1934064-2-mcgrof@kernel.org> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 11:01:46PM -0700, Luis Chamberlain wrote: > Add the full text of the copyleft-next-0.3.1 license to the kernel > tree as well as the required tags for reference and tooling. > The license text was copied directly from the copyleft-next project's > git tree [0]. > > Discussion of using copyleft-next-0.3.1 on Linux started since June, > 2016 [1]. In the end Linus' preference was to have drivers use > MODULE_LICENSE("GPL") to make it clear that the GPL applies when it > comes to Linux [2]. Additionally, even though copyleft-next-0.3.1 has > been found to be to be GPLv2 compatible by three attorneys at SUSE and > Redhat [3], to err on the side of caution we simply recommend to > always use the "OR" language for this license [4]. IANA copyright lawyer, but the use of "OR" seems sensible to me, and I see no reason to NOT add this license. > [...] > LICENSES/dual/copyleft-next-0.3.1 | 236 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > [...] > +SPDX-URL: https://spdx.org/licenses/copyleft-next-0.3.1 The contents[1] of this license match the patch. Reviewed-by: Kees Cook -Kees [1] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/copyleft-next/copyleft-next/master/Releases/copyleft-next-0.3.1 -- Kees Cook