On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 04:17:28PM +0200, Krzysztof Hałasa wrote: > Greg, > > Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > >> How about a book, e.g. describing a patch submission process (but not > >> a copy of kernel's Documentation). The same? > > > > That does not make sense, please explain. > > Why not? I can put such a text on a book (say, an e-book) as well. Where would that text be and what would it mean? > I'd say you're right with the absence of indication to the contrary - > but if someone explicitly states something is not (e.g. yet) under GPL, > then how one could say SPDX-something has legal precedence is beyound > me. It is identical to saying "this file is licensed under this specific license". That is what a spdx line means, please read up on them if you are curious. > > S-o-b is a DIFFERENT thing entirely. Please go read the DCO for what > > you are agreeing to there, it is a declaration for what you are doing. > > Well, that's my position. That's not what a signed-off-by means, please do not try to make it something it is not. thanks, greg k-h
