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 757C3932 for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2016 21:09:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx2.suse.de (mx2.suse.de [195.135.220.15]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0DA42286 for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2016 21:09:44 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2016 23:09:42 +0200 (CEST) From: Jiri Kosina To: Greg KH In-Reply-To: <20160824204141.GA3114@kroah.com> Message-ID: References: <20160824130832.GA28564@kroah.com> <1472052583.61594.577.camel@infradead.org> <20160824174724.GE30853@kroah.com> <1472063065.2545.12.camel@HansenPartnership.com> <20160824204141.GA3114@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: James Bottomley , 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: , On Wed, 24 Aug 2016, Greg KH wrote: > I discussed this last year with you, and others. By us talking about > this in a setting like this, we open ourselves up to being part of any > lawsuits that are discussed. That's _really_ dangerous Is it? What if a person actually wouldn't mind to participate because he actually believes in what the lawsuit is trying to achieve, and would be happy to provide his testimony in a lawsuit if need be? Sure, there are corporations/employers involved (either due to copyright assignment, or due to other contract details), but that's up to every individual to judge and decide himself (together with his/her employer of course). But I don't understand your implication that having yourself dragged into a GPL enforcement lawsuit is somehow a personal disaster. Thanks, -- Jiri Kosina SUSE Labs