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 EDE9A489 for ; Fri, 31 Jul 2015 18:45:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from resqmta-ch2-06v.sys.comcast.net (resqmta-ch2-06v.sys.comcast.net [69.252.207.38]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9D10F142 for ; Fri, 31 Jul 2015 18:45:10 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 13:45:08 -0500 (CDT) From: Christoph Lameter To: Guenter Roeck In-Reply-To: <559C3F56.8040606@roeck-us.net> Message-ID: References: <1435997161.3324.33.camel@infradead.org> <20150707143447.6f345e91@gandalf.local.home> <1436298670.3324.107.camel@infradead.org> <559C3F56.8040606@roeck-us.net> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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, 7 Jul 2015, Guenter Roeck wrote: > ... and then have the LF attorneys brief LF member companies about the > outcome of the meeting. I always find those legal briefings very useful. One subject that I would like to have some clarification on is relicensing of in-kernel-code. There were a couple of license changes recently from GPL to "pick onee GPL or BSD" in the infiniband stack. I was a bit surprised by that being possible. Presumably the copyright holders have to agree to this. What exactly qualifies to be a copyright holder? If one is mentioned in the file header? If one modified a line of code in the file?