Re: [GIT PULL] Documentation: Add a file explaining the requested Linux kernel license enforcement policy
From: Greg KH
Date: Fri Oct 20 2017 - 03:29:27 EST
On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 06:28:12PM +0300, Pavel Nikulin wrote:
> Hold!
>
> Greg, are you trying to put a new addendum to the terms of GPL v2?
Nope, as I said many times, that's not what is happening here.
> I read the FAQ you posted, having you writing in that FAQ that this is
> not a change to license terms is not enough.
Really? Why not? According to whom? {hint, not according to all of
the legal people I have worked with on this topic, and it was a boatload
of them...}
> Modification of GPL V2 terms are explicitly disallowed.
Again, we are not modifying the license, so all should be fine, thanks
for agreeing!
greg k-h