Messages in this thread | | | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Date | Tue, 9 Aug 2016 19:58:27 -0700 | Subject | Re: Kernel modules under new copyleft licence : (was Re: [PATCH v2] module.h: add copyleft-next >= 0.3.1 as GPL compatible) |
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On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 1:14 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@kernel.org> wrote: > > I'm personally fine with MODULE_LICENSE("GPL") being used with copyleft-next code > and find it sensible.
I'd rather have the kernel license be as clear as possible, so I'd tend to prefer that
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL")
and then if you want to dual-license it, just put something like "or, at your option, copyleft-next" in the comment at the top.
That makes it clear that as far as the kernel is concerned, it's GPLv2, but if somebody finds it useful for other projects, they can choose to take that file under copyleft-next (whatever version that would be..).
Linus
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