From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B8E3BE8FDCA for ; Wed, 4 Oct 2023 06:11:45 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:List-Subscribe:List-Help:List-Post: List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:References: Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description: Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID: List-Owner; bh=UwtZ5RaHJE6RW29Vvi960Z1PyLspJio/CkC9jNWSbvU=; b=3HiADulpbQtihN Wpsz0WD+tWdt/YCf3+F8KpSAMaEWc1iI7f/m4MHvkRZ0VBwbOmXoXXcvxEMZhbkBsbT/cAZPU+V93 AjEZub4NWaLcrghrv8y9FhLreoWD1J0x5jPICJQdpYOWu7XqT0Evpbrdq7eX+nPBDmQIgjPcZCrNk rarOGRkkagXTkc9DPvb76XMUBKt9GW+wuXIyKIjyZUO8Q6kcElhVmZd9f3Mei77hbh3n2ibACJct9 lAb5Q8sqZySQ4PRlx4KOVyEVu0UKLYnTOxLURlrF8A740j7ctnAFRUtNq4h5WE4ucIHk9dWUAr2vR TvEx7j6kupZLtaf1kilw==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.96 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1qnv6O-00GMQx-0T; Wed, 04 Oct 2023 06:11:20 +0000 Received: from ams.source.kernel.org ([145.40.68.75]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.96 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1qnv6K-00GMPS-2I for linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; Wed, 04 Oct 2023 06:11:18 +0000 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (transwarp.subspace.kernel.org [100.75.92.58]) by ams.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FE3EB81CF3; Wed, 4 Oct 2023 06:11:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 27838C433C8; Wed, 4 Oct 2023 06:11:14 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1696399874; bh=rALAYhGQmJyIirMMRNk2TTp+3BBfkrtdrx8C7W4qdw4=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=i51R0wVzA2sf7Y9M68lYyzEygs8eHLfNW/lGCwRQOXvbqtgvE6UV4HzPymji571NQ A80ODPwQoC7tzhbnnusmSVhXXp/ahpzHKA7xnYgbWz1UUq0co4bO5sBxku3T6kdyIy jULjlCqgyhIGfmofQJyKGmOAxkQ6VplOzgS/DSSE= Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2023 08:11:13 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Wei Liu Cc: Nuno Das Neves , linux-hyperv@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, patches@lists.linux.dev, mikelley@microsoft.com, kys@microsoft.com, haiyangz@microsoft.com, decui@microsoft.com, apais@linux.microsoft.com, Tianyu.Lan@microsoft.com, ssengar@linux.microsoft.com, mukeshrathor@microsoft.com, stanislav.kinsburskiy@gmail.com, jinankjain@linux.microsoft.com, vkuznets@redhat.com, tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, bp@alien8.de, dave.hansen@linux.intel.com, hpa@zytor.com, will@kernel.org, catalin.marinas@arm.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 13/15] uapi: hyperv: Add mshv driver headers defining hypervisor ABIs Message-ID: <2023100458-confusing-carton-3302@gregkh> References: <1696010501-24584-1-git-send-email-nunodasneves@linux.microsoft.com> <1696010501-24584-14-git-send-email-nunodasneves@linux.microsoft.com> <2023093057-eggplant-reshoot-8513@gregkh> <2023100154-ferret-rift-acef@gregkh> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20231003_231116_897893_F999FFDC X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 25.66 ) X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org On Tue, Oct 03, 2023 at 11:29:42PM +0000, Wei Liu wrote: > > > > > diff --git a/include/uapi/hyperv/hvgdk.h b/include/uapi/hyperv/hvgdk.h > > > > > new file mode 100644 > > > > > index 000000000000..9bcbb7d902b2 > > > > > --- /dev/null > > > > > +++ b/include/uapi/hyperv/hvgdk.h > > > > > @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ > > > > > +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT */ > > > > > > > > That's usually not a good license for a new uapi .h file, why did you > > > > choose this one? > > > > > > > > > > This is chosen so that other Microsoft developers who don't normally > > > work on Linux can review this code. > > > > Sorry, but that's not how kernel development is done. Please fix your > > internal review processes and use the correct uapi header file license. > > > > If your lawyers insist on this license, that's fine, but please have > > them provide a signed-off-by on the patch that adds it and have it > > documented why it is this license in the changelog AND in a comment in > > the file so we can understand what is going on with it. > > > > We went through an internal review with our legal counsel regarding the > MIT license. We have an approval from them. > > Let me ask if using something like "GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note OR > MIT" is possible. That marking makes no sense from a legal point of view, please work with your lawyers as it seems they do not understand license descriptions very well :( thanks, greg k-h _______________________________________________ linux-arm-kernel mailing list linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel