Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 18 May 2013 03:24:31 -0400 | From | Eric Appleman <> | Subject | Would like to form a pool of Linux copyright holders for faster GPL enforcement against Anthrax Kernels |
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Would anyone be interested in forming such a pool? I am willing to wait years for this to be resolved through certain organizations, but I believe we can do better.
Last I checked, I have 1 long-time poster of this list on board. Would anyone else like to join? Ideally I'd like to get the LKML (which I have CC'd) involved so that authors of critical Linux components be a part of this. I'm not sure if my defconfig commits to Android kernel branches count as contributions, so I'm not going to consider myself a Linux contributor unless told otherwise.
This pool would be used in the following manner:
* Formally requesting source for binaries (means to request source * Formally requesting removal of critical copyrighted code that Linux cannot function without * Informing interested parties with respect to refusals of the above
The CTO of Anthrax's hosting server is very interested in terminating Chad Goodman's account. Bullet point #3 might come into effect here.
If this is a bad idea, uses incorrect logic, or does not follow the conventions of GPL enforcement, feel free to shoot this idea down with utmost prejudice.
- Eric
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