question re. kernel licenses

[Greg KH]

On Thu, Sep 01, 2016 at 12:10:52PM -0400, Miles Fidelman wrote:
> I know it's released under the GPL, but, for the life of me, I can't 
> find any statement of who is actually granting the licenses (i.e., who 
> holds the copyright), and I can't seem to find any kind of copyright 
> assignment statement that contributors are required to execute.
> 
> So, how does this all work?

Also, please read, Documentation/SubmittingPatches, and
Documentation/development_process/ that might help you out here with the
more non-legal aspects of your questions.

thanks,

greg k-h