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Documentation/media: uapi: Explicitly say there are no Invariant Sections

PATCH In review Ben Hutchings 3 participants 5 messages Aug 3, 2018 – Sep 7, 2018

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PATCH 1/1 Documentation/media: uapi: Explicitly say there are no Invariant Sections

The GNU Free Documentation License allows for a work to specify Invariant Sections that are not allowed to be modified. (Debian considers that this makes such works non-free.)

The Linux Media Infrastructure userspace API documentation does not specify any such sections, but it also doesn't say there are none (as is recommended by the license text). Make it explicit that there are none.

References: https://bugs.debian.org/698668

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 Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst +3 -3
index 28eb35a1f965..5198ff24a094 100644
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ Linux Media Infrastructure userspace API
 
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or
-any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. A copy of
-the license is included in the chapter entitled "GNU Free Documentation
-License".
+any later version published by the Free Software Foundation, with no
+Invariant Sections. A copy of the license is included in the chapter
+entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".
 
 .. only:: html
 
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Em Fri, 3 Aug 2018 15:41:53 +0100
Ben Hutchings <[email protected]> escreveu:

Quoted 11 lines

The GNU Free Documentation License allows for a work to specify Invariant Sections that are not allowed to be modified. (Debian considers that this makes such works non-free.)

The Linux Media Infrastructure userspace API documentation does not specify any such sections, but it also doesn't say there are none (as is recommended by the license text). Make it explicit that there are none.

References: https://bugs.debian.org/698668

From my side:

(I'm waiting for more SoBs before merging this)

I pinged some developers that don't use to listen to the media ML as often as they used to do, and to the sub-maintainers, via the sub-mainainers ML, and got some SoBs. Let me add them to this thread:

Gerd:

Hans:

Sylwester:

Johannes:

"I think I didn't contribute to that documentation?
Anyway, just in case: I agree with the change to forbid adding invariant sections."

Ralph:

"I also do not think there is anything left in there which I contributed.
The original documentation up to 2002 probably is copyright of Convergence.

But I agree with the change to forbid adding invariant sections regarding anything in that documentation that might be my copyright."

Markus:

"Ralph> I also do not think there is anything left in there which I
Ralph> contributed. The original documentation up to 2002 Ralph> probably is copyright of Convergence.
The same is true for me.

I also agree with the change to forbid adding invariant sections regarding anything in that documentation that might be my copyright."

Quoted 11 lines
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 Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst +0 -0
index 28eb35a1f965..5198ff24a094 100644
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ Linux Media Infrastructure userspace API
 
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document

Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst Linux Media Infrastructure userspace API · line 18

Quoted 10 lines
Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst +3 -3
 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or
-any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. A copy of
-the license is included in the chapter entitled "GNU Free Documentation
-License".
+any later version published by the Free Software Foundation, with no
+Invariant Sections. A copy of the license is included in the chapter
+entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".
 
 .. only:: html
 

Thanks,
Mauro

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Em Thu, 9 Aug 2018 12:19:20 -0300
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <[email protected]> escreveu:

Quoted 62 lines

Em Fri, 3 Aug 2018 15:41:53 +0100
Ben Hutchings <[email protected]> escreveu:

Quoted 11 lines

The GNU Free Documentation License allows for a work to specify Invariant Sections that are not allowed to be modified. (Debian considers that this makes such works non-free.)

The Linux Media Infrastructure userspace API documentation does not specify any such sections, but it also doesn't say there are none (as is recommended by the license text). Make it explicit that there are none.

References: https://bugs.debian.org/698668

From my side:

(I'm waiting for more SoBs before merging this)

I pinged some developers that don't use to listen to the media ML as often as they used to do, and to the sub-maintainers, via the sub-mainainers ML, and got some SoBs. Let me add them to this thread:

Gerd:

Hans:

Sylwester:

Johannes:

"I think I didn't contribute to that documentation?
Anyway, just in case: I agree with the change to forbid adding invariant sections."

Ralph:

"I also do not think there is anything left in there which I contributed.
The original documentation up to 2002 probably is copyright of Convergence.

But I agree with the change to forbid adding invariant sections regarding anything in that documentation that might be my copyright."

Markus:

"Ralph> I also do not think there is anything left in there which I
Ralph> contributed. The original documentation up to 2002 Ralph> probably is copyright of Convergence.
The same is true for me.

Quoted 4 lines

I also agree with the change to forbid adding invariant sections regarding anything in that documentation that might be my copyright."

Sean Young:

"Makes complete sense."

Quoted 21 lines
Quoted 21 lines

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 Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst +3 -3
index 28eb35a1f965..5198ff24a094 100644
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ Linux Media Infrastructure userspace API
 
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or
-any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. A copy of
-the license is included in the chapter entitled "GNU Free Documentation
-License".
+any later version published by the Free Software Foundation, with no
+Invariant Sections. A copy of the license is included in the chapter
+entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".
 
Quoted 7 lines

Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst Linux Media Infrastructure userspace API · line 18

Quoted 2 lines
Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst +0 -0
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Thanks,
Mauro

Thanks,
Mauro

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In reply to Mauro Carvalho Chehab
Quoted 79 lines · Mauro Carvalho Chehab

Em Fri, 3 Aug 2018 15:41:53 +0100
Ben Hutchings <[email protected]> escreveu:

Quoted 11 lines

The GNU Free Documentation License allows for a work to specify Invariant Sections that are not allowed to be modified. (Debian considers that this makes such works non-free.)

The Linux Media Infrastructure userspace API documentation does not specify any such sections, but it also doesn't say there are none (as is recommended by the license text). Make it explicit that there are none.

References: https://bugs.debian.org/698668

From my side:

(I'm waiting for more SoBs before merging this)

I pinged some developers that don't use to listen to the media ML as often as they used to do, and to the sub-maintainers, via the sub-mainainers ML, and got some SoBs. Let me add them to this thread:

Gerd:

Hans:

Sylwester:

Johannes:

"I think I didn't contribute to that documentation?
Anyway, just in case: I agree with the change to forbid adding invariant sections."

Ralph:

"I also do not think there is anything left in there which I contributed.
The original documentation up to 2002 probably is copyright of Convergence.

But I agree with the change to forbid adding invariant sections regarding anything in that documentation that might be my copyright."

Markus:

"Ralph> I also do not think there is anything left in there which I
Ralph> contributed. The original documentation up to 2002 Ralph> probably is copyright of Convergence.
The same is true for me.

I also agree with the change to forbid adding invariant sections regarding anything in that documentation that might be my copyright."

Quoted 10 lines
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 Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst +0 -0
index 28eb35a1f965..5198ff24a094 100644
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ Linux Media Infrastructure userspace API
 
Quoted 8 lines

Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst Linux Media Infrastructure userspace API · line 15

Quoted 8 lines
Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst +3 -3
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or
-any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. A copy of
-the license is included in the chapter entitled "GNU Free Documentation
-License".
+any later version published by the Free Software Foundation, with no
+Invariant Sections. A copy of the license is included in the chapter
+entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".

The original founders / authors / coders of LinuxDVB have signed off on this, and that is most important to me.

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In reply to Ben Hutchings

Are you still waiting for agreement from any contributors, or is this ready to apply?

Ben.

Quoted 32 lines · Ben Hutchings

The GNU Free Documentation License allows for a work to specify Invariant Sections that are not allowed to be modified. (Debian considers that this makes such works non-free.)

The Linux Media Infrastructure userspace API documentation does not specify any such sections, but it also doesn't say there are none (as is recommended by the license text). Make it explicit that there are none.

References: https://bugs.debian.org/698668

---
 Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst +3 -3
index 28eb35a1f965..5198ff24a094 100644
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ Linux Media Infrastructure userspace API
 
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or
-any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. A copy of
-the license is included in the chapter entitled "GNU Free Documentation
-License".
+any later version published by the Free Software Foundation, with no
+Invariant Sections. A copy of the license is included in the chapter
+entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".
 
 .. only:: html
 
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Ben Hutchings
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