Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sun, 8 Apr 2012 14:49:22 +0200 | | From | "Arend van Spriel" <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] module: Clarify GPL-Compatible is OK |
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On 04/07/2012 09:03 PM, Alan Cox wrote: >> You do not need to make dual licenses when licenses are compatible >> with each other, and in fact at times this can confuse developers / legal. > > Firstly you are out of order touching the licensing tags of other vendors > code. Absolutely and utterly. So nobody should for example be touching an > Intel MODULE_LICENSE() tag without the say so of Intel legal.
As the patch also includes driver code that Broadcom contributed to the kernel, I am inclined to agree. But to me it is not clear whether the MODULE_LICENSE() tag holds a true legal value. How does it relate to the legal disclaimer that is (probably) in each and every source file?
Gr. AvS
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