Re: Linux Desktop Responsiveness Patches - Encouragement for implementing ; jor
This flaw is a terrible one, & a big black eye for Ubuntu/Linux. Getting this fix implemented in the current (K)Ubuntu 10.4 would really be great progress. :) What are the plans for implementing this in the current kernel? I encourage the Ub kernel devs to implement this ASAP. Thanks. On Fri, 6 Aug 2010 10:05:09 +0200, "Przemek Kulczycki" said: > Hi Devs. > Have you seen the article about the recent Linux Desktop Responsiveness > Patches? > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODQ3OQ > I think they might be useful to Ubuntu, though I'm not sure if you > would like to backport them to earlier kernels. > Nevertheless, it should be an interesting read for you. > Regards, == Join in the Global weekly meetings, via VOIP, about all Free SW HW & Culture http://sites.google.com/site/berkeleytip/ -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Updating from LGPL 2 to LGPL 3
2010/8/8 Henrik Johansson : > I remember some such discussion about the kernel license a while back > and that seemed to be the consensus. The problem with Linux's (kernel) license is that it is "GPL version 2", not "GPL version 2 *or later*" (like most project, and in which case no permission is required from anyone to use/distribute it as GPLv3+, since it already is). Because the license doesn't include the "or later" fragment, permission from all copyright holders is required to change the license. Now the big problem is that many people who contributed to the Linux kernel are no longer reachable to give their consent to the change. I've recently read somewhere that now Linus is encouraging new contributors to include a sentence in their license header authorizing either himself or another prominent kernel developer (at their choice) to change the license to a later GPL version, to reduce this problem for new code changes. I hope this helps. And, IANAL. Cheers, -- Siegfried-Angel Gevatter Pujals (RainCT) Free Software Developer 363DEAE3 -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Updating from LGPL 2 to LGPL 3
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Don't you have to have permission from all the contributors? I remember some such discussion about the kernel license a while back and that seemed to be the consensus. Perhaps it only applies to the contributors that have also created new files? / Henrik On 08/07/2010 08:40 PM, Francesco Fumanti wrote: > Hi, > > On 08/07/2010 04:56 PM, Remco wrote: >> On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 15:57, John Moser wrote: >>> Are you a maintainer of the package or an actual code contributor for the >>> project? > > I do not think that I can qualify myself as a real code contributer, but I am > the one who will probably create the next release tarball; of course, with > the consent of the main developer. (The package is hosted on launchpad and I > have write access to it.) > > If I am going to change the license, I will do that in trunk before creating > the release and again, it will be done with the consent of the core > developer, whom I am in contact with. > >>> Raising the license seems silly if you're not a core dev or significant >>> contributor. *GPL3 were driven by politics and contain language not well >>> tested in court (particularly, the completely ineffective patent language); >>> so a third-party relicense of someone else's code would seem political and >>> ill-conceived. > > Do I get it right? You are telling us that LGPL 2.1 is a better license than > LGPL 3 and that it might be better staying with LGPL 2.1? > >> It would be ill-conceived regardless of your opinion of the new GPL. >> Nobody else but the developers decide on the license, simple as that. > > +1 > > Cheers, > > Francesco. > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iF4EAREIAAYFAkxeXs0ACgkQ/tACVN8hOxFTtwEAmf9bFOJm094i5plATPNKoVUf /vsO+mE/fRS2VrlTltkA/jVElwCf4nIyCGF30bHjiDZmTD3AJWkYmdVmW5KKUOrb =UAKU -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
