[Devel] Packaging of kernel-patch-openvz for Debian

[Kirill Korotaev]

>> I'm in the process of packaging kernel-patch-openvz for Debian
>> and I have a few questions:
>>
>> * In the kernel patch that I downloaded from your download
>>  section
>>  http://download.openvz.org/beta/kernel/026test005.1/patches/
>>  I see a lot of references to the following copyright statement.
>>  Licensing governed by "linux/COPYING.SWsoft" file.
>>  The problem is that no such file exist in the patch, nor in any
>>  other place that I can find.
>>  
> Whoops, looks like we missed that very file from the devel kernel 
> series. Kirill, can you please fix it ASAP?
yup, will be fixed in next version.
attached this file, so you could add it until we fixed it.

> The file is present in the stable (2.6.8) kernels though. It is 
> basically a GPL.
It is _GPL_. With small additional clarification before the license:

-----------------------------------------
Nothing in this license should be construed as a grant by SWsoft of any 
rights
beyond the rights specified in the GNU General Public License, and 
nothing in
this license should be construed as a waiver by SWsoft of its patent, 
copyright
and/or trademark rights, beyond the waiver required by the GNU General 
Public
License. This license is expressly inapplicable to any product that is not
within the scope of the GNU General Public License
-------------------------------------------

> We put this very file and the reference to it as a result of discussion 
> on users@ list back in September 2005, in order to make it certain that 
> this is the GPL and nothing else. See the first thread at 
> http://openvz.org/pipermail/users/2005-September/thread.html.
> 
>>  In order for it to be included into Debian it need to be clear
>>  that this is GPL software and right now it is not possible
>>  to determine (more than looking on the webpage and that can be
>>  changed later).
>>  
> Hopefully we will release the next kernel with the forgotten file added.
> 
>> * Is there any other that have copyright on this?
>>  
> AFAIK all the OpenVZ stuff is copyrighted by SWsoft. Kirill, plz correct 
> me if I'm wrong.
Only SWsoft at this moment. But other developers contributing the code 
can copyright it as well.

Thanks,
Kirill
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