Re: [kbuild-devel] Request for comment -- a better attribution system

2001-04-24 Thread Alan Cox
> 14USA-18X Serial Adapter. Distribution and/or > Modification of the > 15keyspan.c driver which includes this firmware, in whole > or in part, > 16requires the inclusion of this statement." > 17 > 18 */ > with a surelly non-free/non-GPL license. That one is being sorted out current

Re: [kbuild-devel] Request for comment -- a better attribution system

2001-04-24 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Alan Cox wrote: > > > Well, would it be possible to create some module under LGPL, and then > > have included it into the kernel? Maybe it needs to maintain the LGPL > > version out of the kernel, and transform a copy to the GPL before > > submitting? > > There is kernel code under a whole varie

Re: [kbuild-devel] Request for comment -- a better attribution system

2001-04-24 Thread Alan Cox
> Well, would it be possible to create some module under LGPL, and then > have included it into the kernel? Maybe it needs to maintain the LGPL > version out of the kernel, and transform a copy to the GPL before > submitting? There is kernel code under a whole variety of licenses. When linked tog

Re: [kbuild-devel] Request for comment -- a better attribution system

2001-04-24 Thread Markus Schaber
Hi, mirabilos wrote: > > > It whould nice also if we include the type of the license (GPL,...). > > > This for a fast parsing (and maybe also to replace the few lines > > > of license) > > Is there any kernel code that isn't GPLed? > It must not, due to the GPL viral effect. Well, would it be p

Re: [kbuild-devel] Request for comment -- a better attribution system

2001-04-21 Thread Eric S. Raymond
Giacomo A. Catenazzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > We should use the same filed name of CREDITS e.g. D: for Description. > (maybe you can invert D: description and T: time of last update) Good point. > It whould nice also if we include the type of the license (GPL,...). > This for a fast parsing (and

Re: [kbuild-devel] Request for comment -- a better attribution system

2001-04-21 Thread Giacomo A. Catenazzi
"Eric S. Raymond" wrote: > > This is a proposal for an attribution metadata system in the Linux kernel > sources. The goal of the system is to make it easy for people reading > any given piece of code to identify the responsible maintainer. The motivation > for this proposal is that the present