Re: [PATCH 2/2] usb: clean up FSF boilerplate text

[Klaus Schwarzkopf]

Am 12.09.2011 19:24, schrieb Sarah Sharp:
> On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 09:36:25AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 02:44:20 +0200
> > Greg KH<gregkh@xxxxxxx>  wrote:
> >
> > > On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 10:10:45PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > > On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 22:24:15 +0200
> > > > Klaus Schwarzkopf<schwarzkopf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >      remove the following two paragraphs:
> > > >
> > > > NAK this for anything containing my copyright. NAK the one about warranty
> > > > and liability because its incredibly important, although of course if
> > > > you'd like to take personal liability...
> > >
> > > Odd, I was told that if you have the "this is covered under the GPLv2"
> > > then that's all that is needed for a single file in a larger body of
> > > work, like the kernel.
> >
> > People regularly take files out of the kernel or display only one of
> > them. However it's a legal question which means changing it needs the
> > approval of the right subspecies ....
> >
> > You may be right, but it should go past the appropriate expert for the
> > change, just like anything else.
> >
> > > But you do agree about the address paragraph being able to be removed,
> > > right?
> >
> > <wears parrot outfit>
> > That is a legal question. I am not a lawyer. Please discuss with Intel
> > before removing any disclaimers other license material.
> > </>
> >
> > Sqwark!
>
> Alan's probably right at least about the warranty bit, so I'll have to
> NAK for the changes to the xHCI driver (which are copyright Intel).
> BTW, it would have been nice to be CC'd on the original patch. :)

Sorry, was 52 recipient, and i wouldn't spam the list.

> Sarah Sharp

My proposals:

1. do nothing, very easy ;-)
2. change the old address to the new one
3. remove the address paragraph and add the following text (from 
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html):

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.


possibly change the url to, e.g. http://kernel.org/gpl2.txt

Regards,

Klaus Schwarzkopf







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