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Message-ID: <20180212082849.1377f7e6@lwn.net>
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 08:28:49 -0700
From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To: Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Cc: Igor Stoppa <igor.stoppa@...wei.com>, jglisse@...hat.com,
keescook@...omium.org, mhocko@...nel.org, labbott@...hat.com,
hch@...radead.org, cl@...ux.com, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6] Documentation for Pmalloc
On Fri, 9 Feb 2018 19:37:14 -0800
Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org> wrote:
> I've done this as the first line of my new documentation files:
>
> .. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0
>
> I think this is the CC license that's closest in spirit to the GPL without
> the unintended consequences of the GPL when used on documentation. The
> GFDL seems to be out of favour these days.
I think that's a great license. I still fear that it is not suitable for
kernel documentation, though, especially when we produce documents that
include significant text from the (GPL-licensed) kernel source. The
result is almost certainly not distributable, and I don't think that's a
good thing. The GPL is not perfect for documentation, but I don't think
that we have a better alternative for in-kernel docs.
jon
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