Re: [PATCH] spi: bcm53xx: (re)license code to the GPL v2

[Nicholas Mc Guire <der.herr-kA1LtwSENNE@public.gmane.org>]

On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 08:13:13PM +0100, Rafa?? Mi??ecki wrote:
> From: Rafa?? Mi??ecki <rafal-g1n6cQUeyibVItvQsEIGlw@public.gmane.org>
> 
> My intention was to release this code under GPL v2 license. For some
> reason my initial commit 0fc6a323e191 ("spi: bcm53xx: driver for SPI
> controller on Broadcom bcma SoC") totally missed licensing info.
> MODULE_LICENSE was later added by Axel specifying "GNU Public License
> v2 or later".
> 
> This patch clarifies situation by adding a proper header (with Copyright
> line) and adjusting MODULE_LICENSE. It should be acked by every driver
> contributor.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rafa?? Mi??ecki <rafal-g1n6cQUeyibVItvQsEIGlw@public.gmane.org>
> ---
> Guys, can I have your Acked-by for this patch, please?
> 
> Vaishali: you are author of commit 6774eea6d7a6 ("spi: bcm53xx: Adjust
> devm usage")
> 
> Joe: you are author of commit f7219b527b57 ("treewide: Remove
> unnecessary BCMA_CORETABLE_END macro")
> 
> Nicholas: you are author of commit b3e7766bc459 ("spi: bcm53xx: use
> msecs_to_jiffies for conversion")
> 
> Axel: you are author of commit 61d38b9a823c ("spi: bcm53xx: Add missing
> module information")
> 
> Jingoo: you are author of commit 050429a78b2d ("spi: bcm53xx: make local
> symbol static")

Acked-by: Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat-Q945KHDl0DbYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>

> ---
>  drivers/spi/spi-bcm53xx.c | 10 +++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-bcm53xx.c b/drivers/spi/spi-bcm53xx.c
> index 0c61ad4..6e409ea 100644
> --- a/drivers/spi/spi-bcm53xx.c
> +++ b/drivers/spi/spi-bcm53xx.c
> @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
> +/*
> + * Copyright (C) 2014-2016 Rafa?? Mi??ecki <rafal-g1n6cQUeyibVItvQsEIGlw@public.gmane.org>
> + *
> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
> + * published by the Free Software Foundation.
> + */
> +
>  #define pr_fmt(fmt)		KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
>  
>  #include <linux/kernel.h>
> @@ -355,4 +363,4 @@ module_exit(bcm53xxspi_module_exit);
>  
>  MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Broadcom BCM53xx SPI Controller driver");
>  MODULE_AUTHOR("Rafa?? Mi??ecki <zajec5-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>");
> -MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
> -- 
> 2.10.1
> 
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