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From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org>
To: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>
Cc: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org>,
	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@linaro.org>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	ciaran.farrell@suse.com, christopher.denicolo@suse.com,
	fontana@sharpeleven.org, copyleft-next@lists.fedorahosted.org,
	One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Paul Bolle <pebolle@tiscali.nl>, Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>,
	Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Subject: Re: [copyleft-next] Re: Kernel modules under new copyleft licence : (was Re: [PATCH v2] module.h: add copyleft-next >= 0.3.1 as GPL compatible)
Date: Fri, 19 May 2017 17:09:20 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170519150920.GF8951@wotan.suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1495193510.7848.101.camel@linux.intel.com>

On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 12:31:50PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > I really cannot see how you might have an attorney who wants ink on
> > 2A but not 1A.
> > I really cannot see how you might have an attorney who wants ink on
> > 2B but not 1B.
> 
> Because their job is to protect their whomsoever they represent. They
> protect them drawing upon case law and providing rules based upon
> caselaw so that people don't have to keep bothering them.
> 
> The lawyers have caselaw for "either a or b" licensing. They don't have
> caselaw for licence compatibility with your licence. Therefore it's a
> risk.

Alright, this makes sense.

As noted though there are a few "or" clauses, which upstream file
is a good template to use for copyleft-next ?

  Luis

  reply	other threads:[~2017-05-19 15:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-06-14 18:35 [PATCH] module.h: add copyleft-next >= 0.3.1 as GPL compatible Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-06-29 19:05 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-06-29 19:46   ` Greg KH
2016-06-29 20:03     ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-06-29 20:13     ` H. Peter Anvin
2016-06-29 21:43   ` Paul Bolle
2016-06-29 22:01     ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-06-29 22:45       ` Paul Bolle
2016-06-29 23:01         ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-06-29 23:22           ` Paul Bolle
2016-06-29 23:29             ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-06-29 20:49 ` Paul Bolle
2016-06-30 22:50   ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-06-30 22:53 ` [PATCH v2] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-07-01 15:42   ` Greg KH
2016-07-18  3:26     ` Rusty Russell
2016-07-19 22:38       ` Greg KH
2016-07-19 23:29         ` Richard Fontana
2016-07-21  6:04         ` Rusty Russell
2016-07-22  0:07         ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-08-09 20:04           ` Kernel modules under new copyleft licence : (was Re: [PATCH v2] module.h: add copyleft-next >= 0.3.1 as GPL compatible) Alan Cox
2016-08-09 20:14             ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-08-10  1:25               ` [copyleft-next] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-08-10  2:58               ` Linus Torvalds
2017-05-11 18:02                 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-05-15 15:18                   ` Alan Cox
2017-05-16 23:27                     ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-05-17 13:36                       ` Alan Cox
2017-05-17 16:55                       ` Theodore Ts'o
2017-05-17 17:41                         ` [copyleft-next] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-05-18 22:12                           ` Theodore Ts'o
2017-05-18 23:04                             ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-05-18 23:08                               ` David Lang
2017-05-18 23:29                                 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-05-19 15:15                                   ` Theodore Ts'o
2017-05-19 11:31                               ` Alan Cox
2017-05-19 15:09                                 ` Luis R. Rodriguez [this message]
2017-05-19 17:59                                   ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-05-19 18:04                                     ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-05-19 22:55                                       ` Alan Cox
2017-05-25 17:05                                       ` Pavel Machek
2017-05-25 17:31                                         ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-05-25 20:14                                           ` Pavel Machek
2017-05-25 22:54                                             ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-08-09 21:46             ` Richard Fontana

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