Hi Greg,
On 16 October 2017 at 14:58, Greg KH <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]> > > This adds a short document describing the views of how the Linux kernel > community feels about enforcing the license of the kernel. > > Acked-by: Al Viro <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Alex Elder (Linaro) <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Andrea Arcangeli <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Andy Gross <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Anna Schumaker <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Arvind Yadav <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Bart Van Assche <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Bhumika Goyal <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Bjorn Andersson <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Christian Borntraeger <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Christian König <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Christophe JAILLET <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Chuck Lever <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Colin Ian King <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Daniel Borkmann <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Daniel Lezcano <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Daniel Vetter <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Darrick J. Wong (Oracle) <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Darrick J. Wong <[email protected]> > Acked-by: David Kershner <[email protected]> > Acked-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Dmitry Torokhov <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Doug Ledford <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Fabio Estevam <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Felipe Balbi <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Florian Westphal <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Guenter Roeck <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Hannes Reinecke <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Hans de Goede <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Heiko Carstens <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Heiko Stuebner <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Heiner Kallweit <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Ivan Safonov <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Jaegeuk Kim <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Jan Kara (SUSE) <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Jeff Kirsher <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Jens Axboe <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Jes Sorensen <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Jiri Kosina <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Jiri Pirko <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Joe Perches <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Joerg Roedel (SUSE) <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Johan Hovold <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Juergen Gross <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Julia Lawall <[email protected]> > Acked-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Khalid Aziz <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Kuninori Morimoto <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Larry Finger <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Laura Abbott <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Lee Jones <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Leon Romanovsky <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Linus Walleij (Linaro) <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Lv Zheng <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Martin K. Petersen (Oracle) <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Masahiro Yamada <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Mel Gorman <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Michal Hocko <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Mike Marshall <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Neil Armstrong <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Olof Johansson <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Paolo Bonzini <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Paul Burton <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Ralf Baechle <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Richard Weinberger <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Rik van Riel <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Rob Clark <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Rob Herring <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Sebastian Reichel (Collabora) <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Shawn Guo <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Shuah Khan <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Simon Horman <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Srinivas Kandagatla <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Sven Eckelmann <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Takashi Iwai (SUSE) <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Tejun Heo <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Thierry Reding <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Tony Luck <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Ulf Hansson <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Vinod Koul <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Vivien Didelot <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Wei Yongjun <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Xin Long <[email protected]> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]> FWIW, please feel free to add: Acked-by: Sumit Semwal <[email protected]> > --- > Documentation/process/index.rst | 1 + > .../process/kernel-enforcement-statement.rst | 147 > +++++++++++++++++++++ > 2 files changed, 148 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 Documentation/process/kernel-enforcement-statement.rst > > diff --git a/Documentation/process/index.rst b/Documentation/process/index.rst > index 82fc399fcd33..61e43cc3ed17 100644 > --- a/Documentation/process/index.rst > +++ b/Documentation/process/index.rst > @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Below are the essential guides that every developer should > read. > submitting-patches > coding-style > email-clients > + kernel-enforcement-statement > > Other guides to the community that are of interest to most developers are: > > diff --git a/Documentation/process/kernel-enforcement-statement.rst > b/Documentation/process/kernel-enforcement-statement.rst > new file mode 100644 > index 000000000000..1e23d4227337 > --- /dev/null > +++ b/Documentation/process/kernel-enforcement-statement.rst > @@ -0,0 +1,147 @@ > +Linux Kernel Enforcement Statement > +---------------------------------- > + > +As developers of the Linux kernel, we have a keen interest in how our > software > +is used and how the license for our software is enforced. Compliance with > the > +reciprocal sharing obligations of GPL-2.0 is critical to the long-term > +sustainability of our software and community. > + > +Although there is a right to enforce the separate copyright interests in the > +contributions made to our community, we share an interest in ensuring that > +individual enforcement actions are conducted in a manner that benefits our > +community and do not have an unintended negative impact on the health and > +growth of our software ecosystem. In order to deter unhelpful enforcement > +actions, we agree that it is in the best interests of our development > +community to undertake the following commitment to users of the Linux kernel > +on behalf of ourselves and any successors to our copyright interests: > + > + Notwithstanding the termination provisions of the GPL-2.0, we agree that > + it is in the best interests of our development community to adopt the > + following provisions of GPL-3.0 as additional permissions under our > + license with respect to any non-defensive assertion of rights under the > + license. > + > + However, if you cease all violation of this License, then your license > + from a particular copyright holder is reinstated (a) provisionally, > + unless and until the copyright holder explicitly and finally > + terminates your license, and (b) permanently, if the copyright holder > + fails to notify you of the violation by some reasonable means prior to > + 60 days after the cessation. > + > + Moreover, your license from a particular copyright holder is > + reinstated permanently if the copyright holder notifies you of the > + violation by some reasonable means, this is the first time you have > + received notice of violation of this License (for any work) from that > + copyright holder, and you cure the violation prior to 30 days after > + your receipt of the notice. > + > +Our intent in providing these assurances is to encourage more use of the > +software. We want companies and individuals to use, modify and distribute > +this software. We want to work with users in an open and transparent way to > +eliminate any uncertainty about our expectations regarding compliance or > +enforcement that might limit adoption of our software. We view legal action > +as a last resort, to be initiated only when other community efforts have > +failed to resolve the problem. > + > +Finally, once a non-compliance issue is resolved, we hope the user will feel > +welcome to join us in our efforts on this project. Working together, we will > +be stronger. > + > +Except where noted below, we speak only for ourselves, and not for any > company > +we might work for today, have in the past, or will in the future. > + > + - Bjorn Andersson (Linaro) > + - Andrea Arcangeli (Red Hat) > + - Neil Armstrong > + - Jens Axboe > + - Pablo Neira Ayuso > + - Khalid Aziz > + - Ralf Baechle > + - Felipe Balbi > + - Arnd Bergmann > + - Ard Biesheuvel > + - Paolo Bonzini (Red Hat) > + - Christian Borntraeger > + - Mark Brown (Linaro) > + - Paul Burton > + - Javier Martinez Canillas > + - Rob Clark > + - Jonathan Corbet > + - Vivien Didelot (Savoir-faire Linux) > + - Hans de Goede (Red Hat) > + - Mel Gorman (SUSE) > + - Sven Eckelmann > + - Alex Elder (Linaro) > + - Fabio Estevam > + - Larry Finger > + - Bhumika Goyal > + - Andy Gross > + - Juergen Gross > + - Shawn Guo > + - Ulf Hansson > + - Tejun Heo > + - Rob Herring > + - Masami Hiramatsu > + - Michal Hocko > + - Simon Horman > + - Johan Hovold (Hovold Consulting AB) > + - Christophe JAILLET > + - Olof Johansson > + - Lee Jones (Linaro) > + - Heiner Kallweit > + - Srinivas Kandagatla > + - Jan Kara > + - Shuah Khan (Samsung) > + - David Kershner > + - Jaegeuk Kim > + - Namhyung Kim > + - Colin Ian King > + - Jeff Kirsher > + - Greg Kroah-Hartman (Linux Foundation) > + - Christian König > + - Vinod Koul > + - Krzysztof Kozlowski > + - Viresh Kumar > + - Aneesh Kumar K.V > + - Julia Lawall > + - Doug Ledford (Red Hat) > + - Chuck Lever (Oracle) > + - Daniel Lezcano > + - Shaohua Li > + - Xin Long (Red Hat) > + - Tony Luck > + - Mike Marshall > + - Chris Mason > + - Paul E. McKenney > + - David S. Miller > + - Ingo Molnar > + - Kuninori Morimoto > + - Borislav Petkov > + - Jiri Pirko > + - Josh Poimboeuf > + - Sebastian Reichel (Collabora) > + - Guenter Roeck > + - Joerg Roedel > + - Leon Romanovsky > + - Steven Rostedt (VMware) > + - Ivan Safonov > + - Ivan Safonov > + - Anna Schumaker > + - Jes Sorensen > + - K.Y. Srinivasan > + - Heiko Stuebner > + - Jiri Kosina (SUSE) > + - Dmitry Torokhov > + - Linus Torvalds > + - Thierry Reding > + - Rik van Riel > + - Geert Uytterhoeven (Glider bvba) > + - Daniel Vetter > + - Linus Walleij > + - Richard Weinberger > + - Dan Williams > + - Rafael J. Wysocki > + - Arvind Yadav > + - Masahiro Yamada > + - Wei Yongjun > + - Lv Zheng ... and my name here as well: + - Sumit Semwal > -- > 2.14.2 > Best, Sumit.
