[Bug 177583] Review Request: zaptel-kmod

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Summary: Review Request: zaptel-kmod

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=177583

------- Additional Comments From [e-mail]  2006-10-02 19:51 EST -------
(In reply to comment #54)
> I know that you don't have a problem with including a dual-licensed component
> into your distribution, and I also know that Linus et. al. don't have a problem
> including dual-licensed code into the kernel tree. Those are not our concern.
>
> What is our concern is that if Zaptel is merged into the main kernel tree, from
> that point forward anyone who wants to improve it can do so without contributing
> their changes to our version of Zaptel, which devalues our dual licensing of
> Zaptel completely.

In practice, that doesn't happen. I maintain a large chunk of dual-licensed code
in the kernel (JFFS2), and Linus doesn't _take_ updates from anyone other than
me unless they're trivial oneliners and build fixes, which you really don't have
to worry about.

People _already_ have the option to take your version of Zaptel and 'improve' it
without giving their changes back. If I were inclined to do that, the _first_
thing I'd do is submit my version to Linus and become the defacto maintainer of
it. You'd probably do well to get there first.