From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: "Uwe Kleine-König" <ukleinek@kernel.org>
Cc: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>,
Werner Sembach <wse@tuxedocomputers.com>,
tux@tuxedocomputers.com, Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>,
Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>,
Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@samsung.com>,
linux-modules@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] module: Block modules by Tuxedo from accessing GPL symbols
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 05:40:38 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2024111513-gave-gracious-5f7b@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20241114103133.547032-6-ukleinek@kernel.org>
On Thu, Nov 14, 2024 at 11:31:34AM +0100, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> Tuxedo licenses the modules used on their hardware under GPLv3+, to
> "keep control of the upstream pacing" – and want to re-license the code
> while upstreaming.
>
> They were asked to then at least not use MODULE_LICENSE("GPL") which
> declares compatibility to the kernel's GPLv2. They accepted the pull
> request and shortly after reverted the change and so continue to lie
> about the license.
>
> So teach the module loader that these modules are proprietary despite
> their declaration to be GPLv2 compatible "until the legal stuff is
> sorted out".
>
> Link: https://gitlab.com/tuxedocomputers/development/packages/tuxedo-drivers/-/commit/a8c09b6c2ce6393fe39d8652d133af9f06cfb427
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <ukleinek@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-11-15 4:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2024-11-14 10:31 ` [PATCH 0/2] module: Block modules by Tuxedo from accessing GPL symbols Uwe Kleine-König
2024-11-14 10:31 ` [PATCH 1/2] module: Put known GPL offenders in an array Uwe Kleine-König
2024-11-14 16:08 ` Christoph Hellwig
2024-11-15 4:40 ` Greg KH
2024-11-14 10:31 ` [PATCH 2/2] module: Block modules by Tuxedo from accessing GPL symbols Uwe Kleine-König
2024-11-14 11:56 ` Daniel Gomez
2024-11-15 4:40 ` Greg KH
2024-11-14 16:09 ` Christoph Hellwig
2024-11-14 19:21 ` Aaron Rainbolt
2024-11-14 23:06 ` Al Viro
2024-11-15 4:40 ` Greg KH [this message]
2024-11-18 10:11 ` Werner Sembach
2024-11-14 10:49 ` [PATCH 0/2] " Werner Sembach
2024-11-14 11:14 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2024-11-14 11:44 ` Werner Sembach
2024-11-16 17:49 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2024-11-16 18:41 ` Werner Sembach
2024-11-15 4:43 ` Greg KH
2024-11-15 6:09 ` Werner Sembach
2024-11-15 6:30 ` Greg KH
2024-11-15 7:29 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2024-11-15 9:00 ` Werner Sembach
2024-11-15 9:18 ` Greg KH
2024-11-15 9:40 ` Werner Sembach
2024-11-15 10:22 ` Greg KH
2024-11-15 10:59 ` Werner Sembach
2024-11-15 12:01 ` Greg KH
2024-11-15 10:51 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2024-11-15 11:01 ` Werner Sembach
2024-11-14 11:50 ` Daniel Gomez
2024-11-20 14:11 ` Hans de Goede
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