Removing code doesn't really solve the problem
Removing code doesn't really solve the problem
Posted Aug 28, 2017 13:23 UTC (Mon) by bkuhn (subscriber, #58642)In reply to: Removing code doesn't really solve the problem by bangert
Parent article: Patrick McHardy and copyright profiteering (Opensource.com)
> you could require all small and/or new contributions to be more permissive than GPL. the
> possibility to include GPL licensed stuff into the kernel is only awarded after a substantial
> contribution
> possibility to include GPL licensed stuff into the kernel is only awarded after a substantial
> contribution
There are people who are proposing not permitting upstream code to be GPL'd, and some companies refuse to contribute under GPL, but I think refusing contributions of any size that aren't GPL'd is effectively disenfranchising contributors from their rights to chose the license of their contributions, as historically Linux contributors have been permitted to pick any GPLv2-compatible license.
Also, your system has logistical problems. If one contributor 10000 line changes, but at one line at a time, they would be required under your plan to contribute under non-copyleft virtually forever.