lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2004]   [Jun]   [18]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
    /
    Date
    From
    SubjectRe: How long is it acceptable to leave *undistributable* files in the kernel package?
    On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 04:50:08PM +0000, Brian M. Carlson wrote:
    > If it's undistributable, it obviously doesn't belong in main. So please
    > remove the undistributable stuff. Second, if it's non-free, it doesn't
    > belong in the kernel, which is in main. So remove anything that is
    > non-free from the kernel-source. It's really not rocket science, and I
    > don't know why people insist upon talking about collective versus
    > derivative works, because none of this stuff belongs in main anyway.
    > If you need help in determining whether something is free or not, please send
    > a message to debian-legal (preferably in a new thread) asking that question.

    I have a blacklist of things to remove already I'm stuck carrying and
    continuing to remove from what we call "pristine" upstream sources, but
    I didn't see any specific suggestion for additions to it or removals
    from it. So at the moment I don't have anything to go on as far as what
    this thread tells me to do. I'm bothered somewhat by the fact that this
    all sounds alarming, but doesn't seem to have anything specific to be
    done about it, which is why I asked the participants in this discussion
    to try to come to some kind of actual conclusion I could act on.


    -- wli
    -
    To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
    the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
    More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
    Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

    \
     
     \ /
      Last update: 2005-03-22 14:03    [W:4.868 / U:0.012 seconds]
    ©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site