From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D2E39BBF for ; Tue, 7 Jul 2015 22:15:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.tuxdriver.com (charlotte.tuxdriver.com [70.61.120.58]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 55051F1 for ; Tue, 7 Jul 2015 22:15:12 +0000 (UTC) Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2015 18:11:45 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: David Woodhouse Message-ID: <20150707221145.GA2875@tuxdriver.com> References: <1435997161.3324.33.camel@infradead.org> <20150707143447.6f345e91@gandalf.local.home> <1436298670.3324.107.camel@infradead.org> <20150707200002.GA8315@kroah.com> <1436300310.3324.115.camel@infradead.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <1436300310.3324.115.camel@infradead.org> Cc: ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [CORE TOPIC] GPL enforcement actions List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Tue, Jul 07, 2015 at 09:18:30PM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote: > On Tue, 2015-07-07 at 13:00 -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > As those "efforts" are being driven by the developers of the kernel, I > > think that the developers involved would be the best to present this, > > not the SF Conservancy people. As you point out, the SFLC is just the > > lawyers being hired by the developers to do what they want them to do :) > > A lot of those developers will be in the room too, of course. > > But the "efforts" are being driven *by* Conservancy on *behalf* of > those developers who have asked Conservancy to do so. And I suspect > someone from Conservancy is better placed to give up-to-date > information about what's actually happening "on the ground". > > The point is to get people in the room and have a direct discussion > without hearsay or misinformation — and doing that *without* someone > from Conservancy doesn't really make much sense. I'm inclined to agree with David. I'm not casting any aspersions on Bradly or the Conservancy, but I definitely think they are heavy influencers with regard to this topic. John -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.