Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 12 Nov 2004 17:06:36 +0000 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: Reiser{3,4}: problem with the copyright statement |
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On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 04:47:45PM +0000, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 01:59:37PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > I have no problem with dual-licensed code, but I do strongly dislike > > > having this "unlike you explicitley state otherwise, you transfer all > > > rights to Hans Reiser" in the kernel. > > > > I don't see any reasonable alternatives. The alternative is for Hans > > Reiser to not be able to merge with the kernel, which is kind of against > > the _point_ of having a dual license. > > If you touch e.g. XFS for a non-trivial change you'll also get a mail from > SGI politely asking to assign your copyright. Doing this implicit is IMHO > a really bad thing.
Btw, reiser3 handling was similar. At least Hans wanted an assigment from me for even really trivial changes (which I still insist aren't copyrightable)
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