Re: [PATCH] net: airoha: Fix MODULE_LICENSE to match SPDX GPL-2.0-only identifier

[Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>]

On Mon, Jun 15, 2026 at 11:00:08PM +0000, patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org wrote:
> Hello:
> 
> This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
> by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>:
> 
> On Sun, 14 Jun 2026 07:52:39 +0800 you wrote:
> > Both airoha_eth.c and airoha_npu.c declare SPDX-License-Identifier:
> > GPL-2.0-only but use MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"), which the kernel module
> > loader interprets as GPL-2.0+ (any GPL version). This mismatch causes
> > license compliance tools (FOSSology, ScanCode, etc.) to misidentify
> > the effective license as more permissive than intended.
> > 
> > Replace MODULE_LICENSE("GPL") with MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2") to
> > align with the GPL-2.0-only SPDX identifier. Per include/linux/module.h,
> > "GPL v2" maps to GPL-2.0-only, matching the source files' declared
> > license.
> > 
> > [...]
> 
> Here is the summary with links:
>   - net: airoha: Fix MODULE_LICENSE to match SPDX GPL-2.0-only identifier
>     https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/b0d62ed16424

Jakub,

This patch doesn't fix anything. License rules are pretty clear.

Documentation/process/license-rules.rst
  444     "GPL"                         Module is licensed under GPL version 2. This
  445                                   does not express any distinction between
  446                                   GPL-2.0-only or GPL-2.0-or-later. The exact
  447                                   license information can only be determined
  448                                   via the license information in the
  449                                   corresponding source files.
  450
  451     "GPL v2"                      Same as "GPL". It exists for historic
  452                                   reasons.

> 
> You are awesome, thank you!
> -- 
> Deet-doot-dot, I am a bot.
> https://korg.docs.kernel.org/patchwork/pwbot.html
> 
> 
>