Re: [PATCH 1/2] LICENSES: Add note to CDDL-1.0 license that it should not be used

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Mon Oct 15 2018 - 06:08:46 EST


On Mon, 15 Oct 2018, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 03:23:07PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > I'd rather replace the 'GPL-2.0' with something like '$GPL-COMPATIBLE-ID'
> > and say explicitely in the prosa text that CCDL can only be used with OR
> > and not with AND.
>
> Maybe we should take the whole thing to a higher level, and split
> the other folder into
>
> legacy/
> - for licenses that exist but should never be used for new code
>
> and
>
> dual/
> - for licenses that should only be used for dual licensing with
> something from preferred/

That makes sense.

Thanks,

tglx