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 7662025A for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2016 15:21:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mezzanine.sirena.org.uk (mezzanine.sirena.org.uk [106.187.55.193]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0914B1C5 for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2016 15:21:28 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2016 16:21:14 +0100 From: Mark Brown To: Josh Triplett Message-ID: <20160824152114.GG22076@sirena.org.uk> References: <20160824130832.GA28564@kroah.com> <1472048738.7013.8.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20160824143932.roapysz7wmxof6fj@x> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="XrjDSOQsS4AlGTKt" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20160824143932.roapysz7wmxof6fj@x> Cc: ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [CORE TOPIC] GPL defense issues List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , --XrjDSOQsS4AlGTKt Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 10:39:32AM -0400, Josh Triplett wrote: > On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 10:25:38AM -0400, Karen Sandler wrote: > > On Wed, 2016-08-24 at 09:08 -0400, Greg KH wrote: > > > And "developers" are not being kept out of any "loop" here, please, lots > > > of us know exactly what is going on here. > > I'm of course not talking about internal company meetings, but rather > > invite-only backchannels where lawyers and executives are invited but > > developers are typically not. I know, Greg, that you and a few other > > developers do cross between these worlds, but most Linux developers I've > > spoken to do not. This session is an opportunity for those developers > > to hear about what's been going on in the last year. Definitely - there are discussions but they're hardly wide discussions, there's some people with good access to information but it's really not that widespread. > Personally, I've seen numerous examples of people not having heard any > of the background on these issues. I'd love to see this topic covered > far and wide. Not everyone gets to go to LLW or similar, or otherwise > has access to much of the information about such topics. Speaking for myself I have no idea what LLW is - I'm guessing it's *not* Low Level Waste (the UK organization for handling nuclear waste) which is what Google suggests! > Linux has pioneered many best-practices, such as the DCO. By both > interest and necessity, we have to deal with issues like these. Let's > talk about them, and start trying to find solutions for the next round > of issues. I agree, and there's also the fact that good practice is often helped by understanding so when we have the opportunity to share things in a wider but still not public environment that seems like a great use of Kernel Summit time. --XrjDSOQsS4AlGTKt Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJXvbtpAAoJECTWi3JdVIfQoXoH/3XYkZeDsssYvExexSy7jC+s uKZ5YulhEv0Uhb61TK6oipm6P89AfROq3JGV3aTS79VzLSIkSJXqI9BvVUHkT95l YaQEO2zXNq+eE4aan5AVG95RTrwzZ1coif4rke9sJYMFq57pGYDi9zySbx1Bvx8n VvIQmLB3tcapa31SHSA3LYDQY0OtKtzNs/DLw33/Ot1f1ZMai1Z39GWC4j2ZHeHe OzjoG0YM/z5UEyunhnzMlBtjCQL1nTkDSqw5pWprxPThjD47y+mO0C44uvSJoR1b yyKxBpsxBXgCC6QleWrleNyooWhrKJu0nBAe2qokGR21ROSmIAjOAVHEI0Q5E1w= =0z4S -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --XrjDSOQsS4AlGTKt--