On 08/09/2018 09:27 AM, Tobin C. Harding wrote: > On Wed, Aug 08, 2018 at 11:07:35PM -0700, Alexei Starovoitov wrote: >> On Thu, Aug 09, 2018 at 03:23:24PM +1000, Tobin C. Harding wrote: >>> >>> Daniel and Alexei, can I please have permission to add GPLv2+ to the BPF >>> docs? >> >> kernel licensing is GPLv2 without + > > According to process/license-rules.rst > > GPL-2.0+ : GNU General Public License v2.0 or later Not really, please see the first three paragraphs of process/license-rules.rst. The COPYING file of the kernel says that it's 'v2' and not 'v2 or later', unless otherwise _explicitly_ noted. Given that and given there is no other specific note in filter.txt, it would mean it's v2-only due to that rule. >> every file (including docs) can potentially have a different >> compatible license, but since they were developed >> implicitly under v2 only you would need to get a buy-in from >> all contributors before making such change. > > So if a file does not _explicitly_ state that it is under another > licence it is ok to add GPLv2? > > > thanks, > Tobin. > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
