From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@intel.com>
Cc: Sheng Kun Chang <nothingchang@mirrorstack.ai>,
jic23@kernel.org, lars@metafoo.de, Michael.Hennerich@analog.com,
dlechner@baylibre.com, nuno.sa@analog.com, andy@kernel.org,
robh@kernel.org, krzk+dt@kernel.org, conor+dt@kernel.org,
linux-iio@vger.kernel.org, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev,
devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] staging: iio: adis16203: align MODULE_LICENSE with SPDX identifier
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2026 13:27:16 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2026040227-wireless-daringly-752d@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ac4rpSyxTg2qPy86@ashevche-desk.local>
On Thu, Apr 02, 2026 at 11:41:09AM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 01, 2026 at 04:24:56PM +0000, Sheng Kun Chang wrote:
> > The SPDX license identifier is GPL-2.0+ (GPL v2 or later) but
> > MODULE_LICENSE was set to "GPL v2" which indicates GPL v2 only.
> > Change to "GPL" which means GPL v2 or later, matching the SPDX
> > header.
>
> This description has nothing to do with the macro parameter. GPL is new,
> GPL v2 is just legacy alias.
As Andy says, this is not true at all, please read include/module.h for
the details. Both MODULE_LICENSE() strings mean the exact same thing,
please do not change it unless you are the original author of the code.
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-02 11:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-01 16:24 [PATCH 0/3] Move adis16203 inclinometer driver out of staging Sheng Kun Chang
2026-04-01 16:24 ` [PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: iio: accel: add binding for adi,adis16203 Sheng Kun Chang
2026-04-02 8:45 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2026-04-01 16:24 ` [PATCH 2/3] staging: iio: adis16203: align MODULE_LICENSE with SPDX identifier Sheng Kun Chang
2026-04-02 8:41 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-04-02 11:27 ` Greg KH [this message]
2026-04-01 16:24 ` [PATCH 3/3] iio: accel: move adis16203 out of staging Sheng Kun Chang
2026-04-01 17:14 ` [PATCH 0/3] Move adis16203 inclinometer driver " Sheng Kun Chang
2026-04-20 17:48 ` Jonathan Cameron
2026-04-02 8:43 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-04-04 16:29 ` David Lechner
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