Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 21 Jan 2019 09:01:39 +0100 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [BUG] USB: atm: Licensing conflict |
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On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 11:53:18AM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > The addition of SPDX identifiers to the USB subsystem introduced a license > conflict. The driver is dual licensed under GPL v2 and BSD 2 clause > according to the license texts in the file. But even the GPL v2 licensing > of this driver is ambiguous: > > * This software is available to you under a choice of one of two > * licenses. You may choose to be licensed under the terms of the GNU > * General Public License (GPL) Version 2, available from the file > * COPYING in the main directory of this source tree, or the > > This points to the kernel license which is GPL v2 only. > > * BSD license below: > * > * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without > * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions > * are met: > * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright > * notice [unmodified], this list of conditions, and the following > * disclaimer. > * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright > * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the > * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. > * > * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND > * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE > * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE > * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE > * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL > * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS > * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) > * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT > * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY > * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF > * SUCH DAMAGE. > > This is clearly a BSD 2 Clause license and not BSD 3 Clause > > * GPL license : > * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or > * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License > * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 > * of the License, or (at your option) any later version. > > And here the license is GPL V2 or later. > > Some detective work is due ...
Yes, this is on my todo list to fix up, thanks for reminding me of the problems here.
greg k-h
> > Thanks, > > tglx
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