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    SubjectRe: Would like to form a pool of Linux copyright holders for faster GPL enforcement against Anthrax Kernels
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    On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 8:24 AM, Eric Appleman <erappleman@gmail.com> wrote:
    > Would anyone be interested in forming such a pool?

    count me in.

    > 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,

    even if you did not explicitly put "Copyright (C) {your name}" in
    them, you still retain copyright. depending on the country you are in
    you cannot even get rid of the copyright even if you say "i forever
    renounce irrevocably and without restriction or limitation all
    copyright and place this into the public domain signed me" - you have
    to actively assign the copyright to someone else.

    > so I'm not going to consider myself a Linux contributor
    > unless told otherwise.

    you wrote something that's copyrighted. therefore you're a copyright
    holder [therefore automatically any copyright violator must request
    your permission to have their GPLv2 license rights reinstated].

    my linux kernel modifications are small, too - they sort of winged
    their way by a slow process of migration into tmpfs by way of selinux
    xattrs. and there are likely some unattributed contributions that
    came from the xanadux.sf.net project originally (depending on whether
    they were picked up or not over time)

    but that makes no odds: i am still a copyright holder, ergo a
    contributor, ergo i'd like to be included in the pool please.

    > 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

    it would also serve as a useful point of contact for criminal
    copyright violators wishing to have their license rights reinstated.

    also it would serve as a good starting point to be able to contact
    large numbers of people wishing to explicitly dual-license their code
    contributions to the linux kernel.

    actually, that's a good point. please can it be specifically noted,
    from this moment onwards, that all contributions that i have made to
    the linux kernel are dual-licensed under both the GPLv2 and also the
    GPLv3+ license?

    someone has to start somewhere on this. it doesn't matter if it takes
    20 years for all GPLv2-exlusive contributions to be made obselete,
    deleted or replaced: a start has to be made.

    question: what is the procedure for having that licensing explicitly
    added to the linux kernel sources?

    l.


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