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

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Ben Hutchings Aug. 3, 2018, 2:41 p.m. UTC
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
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
---
 Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Comments

Mauro Carvalho Chehab Aug. 9, 2018, 3:19 p.m. UTC | #1
Em Fri, 3 Aug 2018 15:41:53 +0100
Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> escreveu:

> 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
> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>

From my side:

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>

(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:

Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>

Hans:

Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@cisco.com>

Sylwester:

Signed-off-by: Sylwester Nawrocki <snawrocki@kernel.org>

Johannes:

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

Signed-off-by: Johannes Stezenbach <js@linuxtv.org>

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."

Signed-off-by: Ralph Metzler <rjkm@metzlerbros.de>

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."

Signed-off-by: Marcus Metzler <mocm@metzlerbros.de>


> ---
>  Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst b/Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst
> index 28eb35a1f965..5198ff24a094 100644
> --- a/Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst
> @@ -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
>  



Thanks,
Mauro
Mauro Carvalho Chehab Aug. 9, 2018, 3:31 p.m. UTC | #2
Em Thu, 9 Aug 2018 12:19:20 -0300
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org> escreveu:

> Em Fri, 3 Aug 2018 15:41:53 +0100
> Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> escreveu:
> 
> > 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
> > Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>  
> 
> From my side:
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>
> 
> (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:
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
> 
> Hans:
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@cisco.com>
> 
> Sylwester:
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sylwester Nawrocki <snawrocki@kernel.org>
> 
> Johannes:
> 
> "I think I didn't contribute to that documentation?
>  Anyway, just in case: I agree with the change to
>  forbid adding invariant sections."
> 
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Stezenbach <js@linuxtv.org>
> 
> 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."
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ralph Metzler <rjkm@metzlerbros.de>
> 
> 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."
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marcus Metzler <mocm@metzlerbros.de>


Sean Young:

Signed-off-by: Sean Young <sean@mess.org>

 "Makes complete sense."


> 
> 
> > ---
> >  Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst | 6 +++---
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst b/Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst
> > index 28eb35a1f965..5198ff24a094 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst
> > @@ -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
> >    
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Mauro



Thanks,
Mauro
Michael Ira Krufky Aug. 9, 2018, 4:24 p.m. UTC | #3
On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 11:19 AM Mauro Carvalho Chehab
<mchehab+samsung@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> Em Fri, 3 Aug 2018 15:41:53 +0100
> Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> escreveu:
>
> > 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
> > Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
>
> From my side:
>
> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>
>
> (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:
>
> Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
>
> Hans:
>
> Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@cisco.com>
>
> Sylwester:
>
> Signed-off-by: Sylwester Nawrocki <snawrocki@kernel.org>
>
> Johannes:
>
> "I think I didn't contribute to that documentation?
>  Anyway, just in case: I agree with the change to
>  forbid adding invariant sections."
>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Stezenbach <js@linuxtv.org>
>
> 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."
>
> Signed-off-by: Ralph Metzler <rjkm@metzlerbros.de>
>
> 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."
>
> Signed-off-by: Marcus Metzler <mocm@metzlerbros.de>
>
>
> > ---
> >  Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst | 6 +++---
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst b/Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst
> > index 28eb35a1f965..5198ff24a094 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst
> > @@ -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".

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

Signed-off-by: Michael Ira Krufky <mkrufky@gmail.com>
Ben Hutchings Sept. 6, 2018, 9:44 p.m. UTC | #4
Are you still waiting for agreement from any contributors, or is this
ready to apply?

Ben.

On Fri, 2018-08-03 at 15:41 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> 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
> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
> ---
>  Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst b/Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst
> index 28eb35a1f965..5198ff24a094 100644
> --- a/Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst
> @@ -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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diff --git a/Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst b/Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst
index 28eb35a1f965..5198ff24a094 100644
--- a/Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst
+++ b/Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst
@@ -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