On Thu, Jul 08, 2021 at 03:01:58PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: > On Thu, 8 Jul 2021 10:52:54 -0700 > "Bradley M. Kuhn" <bkuhn@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Joe Perches wrote: > > >>> You can ask but it's the submitter's choice to license their code however > > >>> they desire. > > > > … to which I'd add, as long as the license is GPLv2-only-compatible, which of > > course (GPLv2-only|copyleft-next) is. > > I agree with Joe on this, but I have to ask; What happens when someone > makes a change to this file? The default kernel license is GPL-v2. Does this > change automatically become the same as the file itself, or is the new > change under the dual license? > > I've made changes to code that had a dual license that wasn't GPL > compatible, and the company involved asked me to sign off on the other > license (which I did). The Signed-off-by tag implies you are making a contribution under the same license as the license file states. The more people are aware of this fact, the better, and its then why we made DCO a public thing and now other projects embrace it. Luis
