James McCoy <vega.james@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> The code looks OK but the last paragraph makes _us_ worried. What >> is the licensing status of the original at SO? > > According to Stackoverflow[0], > > As noted in the Stack Exchange Terms of Service[1] and in the footer of > every page, all user contributions are licensed under Creative Commons > Attribution-Share Alike[2]. Proper attribution[3] is required if you > republish any Stack Exchange content. > > [0]: https://stackoverflow.com/help/licensing Yes, and (please correct me if I am wrong--this is one of the times I hope I am wrong!) I thought BY-SA does not mesh well with GPLv2, in which case we cannot use this patch (instead somebody has to reimplement the same without copying). -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html