Messages in this thread | | | From | Enric Balletbo Serra <> | Date | Mon, 18 Jun 2018 09:53:34 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 03/12] mfd: cros_ec: Make license text and module license match. |
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Hi Lee, Missatge de Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org> del dia dl., 18 de juny 2018 a les 9:21: > > On Mon, 18 Jun 2018, Lee Jones wrote: > > > On Wed, 06 Jun 2018, Enric Balletbo i Serra wrote: > > > > > The license text is specifying "GPLv2" but the MODULE_LICENSE is set to > > > GPL which means GNU Public License v2 or later. When MODULE_LICENSE and > > > boiler plate does not match, go for boiler plate license. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Enric Balletbo i Serra <enric.balletbo@collabora.com> > > > --- > > > > > > Changes in v3: None > > > Changes in v2: None > > > > > > drivers/mfd/cros_ec.c | 2 +- > > > drivers/mfd/cros_ec_i2c.c | 2 +- > > > 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > Applied, thanks. > > I've just seen Joe's comment. >
Did you read my answer [1] to the Joe's email?
According to the doc if MODULE_LICENSE is GPL that means GPL-2.0 or later which to be strict is wrong if your file is GPL-2.0 only. It's right that there are modules in the kernel that have this mismatch but IMHO is wrong, there are also some examples where people fix this, i.e [2]
Best regards, Enric
[1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/6/8/144 [2] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=75dc344145190bf53aed7a28dbc27c11180d94e5
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