Re: [PATCH] COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file

From: Frank Rowand
Date: Tue Feb 18 2020 - 13:40:36 EST


On 2/6/20 9:48 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> Explicitly state that all contributions to the kernel source tree
> really are covered under this COPYING file in case someone thought
> otherwise. Lawyers love to be pedantic, even more so than software
> engineers at times, and this sentence makes them sleep easier.
>
> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> COPYING | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
> index da4cb28febe6..a635a38ef940 100644
> --- a/COPYING
> +++ b/COPYING
> @@ -16,3 +16,5 @@ In addition, other licenses may also apply. Please see:
> Documentation/process/license-rules.rst
>
> for more details.
> +
> +All contributions to the Linux Kernel are subject to this COPYING file.
>

Reviewed-by: Frank Rowand <frowand.list@xxxxxxxxx>