From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: Sven Van Asbroeck <thesven73@gmail.com>
Cc: "Greg KH" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
"Andreas Färber" <afaerber@suse.de>,
"Paul Gortmaker" <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>,
"Sven Van Asbroeck" <svendev@arcx.com>,
robh+dt@kernel.org, "Linus Walleij" <linus.walleij@linaro.org>,
"Lee Jones" <lee.jones@linaro.org>,
mark.rutland@arm.com, treding@nvidia.com,
"David Lechner" <david@lechnology.com>,
noralf@tronnes.org, johan@kernel.org,
"Michal Simek" <monstr@monstr.eu>,
michal.vokac@ysoft.com, "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@arndb.de>,
john.garry@huawei.com, geert+renesas@glider.be,
robin.murphy@arm.com, sebastien.bourdelin@savoirfairelinux.com,
icenowy@aosc.io, "Stuart Yoder" <stuyoder@gmail.com>,
maxime.ripard@bootlin.com,
"Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 1/6] fieldbus_dev: add Fieldbus Device subsystem.
Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2019 14:35:12 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190301133512.GB7456@amd> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGngYiU2kLqQq5qkcxda9m__VWx62bsC=+ni4HAGMsOAxAtUzw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu 2019-01-24 13:07:58, Sven Van Asbroeck wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 1:52 PM Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> >
> > SPDX "GPL-2.0+" please.
> >
> > > would be if this code was derived from v2-only code that can't be
> > > relicensed anymore.
> >
> > Are you _sure_ you want v2+? I ask as I am forced to :)
> >
>
> The licencing choice confuses me. Why would I choose a different
> licence to what the Linux kernel itself is provided under?
> If I did pick a different one, what are the tradeoffs between GPLv2 and GPLv2+ ?
GPLv2 is buggy as it allows TiVO-ization. GPLv3 fixes that bug, so it
is more sensible choice. Kernel stays v2, but we have drivers that are
dual BSD or v2+, so that they can be used for other projects. One day
we might want to run GNU Hurd or something...
Pavel
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-03-01 13:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-01-22 15:21 [PATCH v7 0/6] Add Fieldbus subsystem + support HMS Profinet card Sven Van Asbroeck
2019-01-22 15:21 ` [PATCH v7 1/6] fieldbus_dev: add Fieldbus Device subsystem Sven Van Asbroeck
2019-01-22 16:56 ` Paul Gortmaker
2019-01-22 17:12 ` Andreas Färber
2019-01-22 18:52 ` Greg KH
2019-01-22 21:51 ` Paul Gortmaker
2019-01-24 18:07 ` Sven Van Asbroeck
2019-01-24 18:25 ` Greg KH
2019-03-01 13:35 ` Pavel Machek [this message]
2019-03-01 13:34 ` Pavel Machek
2019-03-01 14:24 ` Greg KH
2019-01-22 15:21 ` [PATCH v7 2/6] anybus-s: support HMS Anybus-S bus Sven Van Asbroeck
2019-01-22 15:21 ` [PATCH v7 3/6] anybus-s: support the Arcx anybus controller Sven Van Asbroeck
2019-01-22 15:21 ` [PATCH v7 4/6] dt-bindings: anybus-controller: document devicetree binding Sven Van Asbroeck
2019-01-22 15:21 ` [PATCH v7 5/6] dt-bindings: Add vendor prefix for arcx / Archronix Sven Van Asbroeck
2019-01-22 15:21 ` [PATCH v7 6/6] fieldbus_dev: support HMS Profinet IRT industrial controller Sven Van Asbroeck
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