On Sun, Aug 18, 2019 at 1:08 AM Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > And no one except HURD is going to be trying to use Linux files in other > projects :) I've actually encountered a few cases over the years where there was some desire to reuse Linux files, or portions of Linux files anyway, in non-Linux projects (and not HURD :), in situations where the presumption that the code was copyrightable and that the applicable license was GPLv2, or at least GPLv2-only, was problematic. In one of these cases, it was a GPLv3 project (Samba) that wished to use the Linux code. They ended up asking Red Hat for a GPLv3-or-later license. I think both of the non-Samba cases involved some code that was generally useful in contexts having nothing to do with the kernel. Granted, though, that's maybe 2-3 cases I am familiar with over a ~10 year period. Richard
