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 or anything but I thought about submitting this once when I was working on some stuff locally. I didn't since I was expecting arguments that public domain is not so much a license, and how it becomes 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.
Signed-off-by: Rene Herman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Rene.
diff --git a/include/linux/license.h b/include/linux/license.h index decdbf4..1176471 100644 --- a/include/linux/license.h +++ b/include/linux/license.h @@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ static inline int license_is_gpl_compatible(const char *license) || strcmp(license, "GPL and additional rights") == 0 || strcmp(license, "Dual BSD/GPL") == 0 || strcmp(license, "Dual MIT/GPL") == 0 - || strcmp(license, "Dual MPL/GPL") == 0); + || strcmp(license, "Dual MPL/GPL") == 0 + || strcmp(license, "Public Domain") == 0); } #endif diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h index e6e0f86..2ecacf8 100644 --- a/include/linux/module.h +++ b/include/linux/module.h @@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ extern struct module __this_module; * or MIT license choice] * "Dual MPL/GPL" [GNU Public License v2 * or Mozilla license choice] + * "Public Domain" [Public domain products] * * The following other idents are available *