Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:45:37 +0200 | From | Rene Herman <> | Subject | Re: Please release a stable kernel Linux 3.0 |
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On 06/29/2007 12:48 AM, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:00:27 +0200 > Rene Herman <rene.herman@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 06/28/2007 06:30 PM, Alan Cox wrote: >> >>> Public domain is GPL compatible. >> Would you happen to have an opinion on the attached? I don't so much need it > > The answer is "NO!!!!" > > Public domain also means "I don't have to give you the source". > If its merged with the kernel the resulting work is GPL anyway > >> Stating that code which one intends to be in the public domain has "GPL and >> additional rights" is a bit of a travesty though. > > Indeed if its public domain you may have almost no rights at all > depending what you were given. Once you get the source code you can do > stuff but I don't have to give you that. If its public domain I can find > security holes in it, and refuse to provide the fixed module in source > form even. > > (And public domain is a pretty 'brave' choice of licence as in many > countries it does not imply any of the no warranty stuf the GPL does). > > So essentially, if its public domain and you put a copy in the kernel GPL > the kernel copy. It doesn't mean the PD version ceased to be PD. If you > want to keep it PD then also ask that anyone contributing to the GPL > version also sends you a PD version of any changes. (They may not but > then right now they dont have to anyway)
Great answer. Thanks very much for the information.
Rene.
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