Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 09 Nov 2000 09:37:33 -0500 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: [ANNOUNCE] Generalised Kernel Hooks Interface (GKHI) |
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Alan Cox wrote: > > > Actually, he's been quite specific. It's ok to have binary modules as > > long as they conform to the interface defined in /proc/ksyms. > > What is completely unclear is if he has the authority to say that given that > there is code from other people including the FSF merged into the tree.
I've always wondered if we shouldn't encourage people to assign the copyright for their code to Linux International[1], or some other truly neutral organization like the FSF[2]. gcc and related projects assign their copyrights to the FSF to avoid messes like this...
At this point we couldn't force people to change their copyright, but we can encourage, if LI or another entity exists to which copyrights can be assigned.
Jeff
[1] After talking to LI lawyers and getting it all set up, etc. [2] In this particular case, due to the modified kernel GPL, FSF is probably a bad target for copyright assignments.
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