On Fri, 4 Dec 2020 13:23:43 +0100 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 04, 2020 at 07:43:48AM +0100, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: > > Add the full text of the CC-BY-4.0 license to the kernel tree as well as > > the required tags for reference and tooling. > > > > The license text was copied directly from the following url, but for > > clarification a 'Creative Commons' was added before 'Attribution 4.0 > > International' in the first line: > > https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.txt > > > > CC-BY-4.0 is GPLv2 compatible, but when for example used for the > > kernel's documentation it can easily happen that sphinx during > > processing combines it with text or code from files using a more > > restrictive license[1]. This bears pitfalls, hence point that risk out > > and suggest to only use this license in combination with the GPLv2. > > > > [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201201144314.GA14256@xxxxxx > > > > Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > CC: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > CC: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> > > --- > > LICENSES/dual/CC-BY-4.0 | 410 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > 1 file changed, 410 insertions(+) > > create mode 100644 LICENSES/dual/CC-BY-4.0 > > Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Thanks for that. Unless somebody screams, my intent is to apply these patches in the near future. jon
