* [PATCH] spi: mediatek: Re-license MTK SPI driver as Dual MIT/GPL @ 2021-03-03 2:56 Leilk Liu 2021-03-03 3:05 ` Axel Lin 2021-03-03 7:18 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman 0 siblings, 2 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Leilk Liu @ 2021-03-03 2:56 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Mark Brown, Nicolas Boichat, luhua . xu, Wei Yongjun, Thomas Gleixner, Stephen Boyd, Pi-Hsun Shih, Markus Elfring, Javier Martinez Canillas, Greg Kroah-Hartman, Fengguang Wu, Daniel Kurtz, Axel Lin Cc: Mark Rutland, Matthias Brugger, linux-kernel, linux-arm-kernel, linux-spi, linux-mediatek, fparent, leilk.liu From: "leilk.liu" <leilk.liu@mediatek.com> It is wanted to use MTK spi bus driver with GPL-2.0 or MIT license. But now it is only licensed as GPL-2.0, so re-license it as dual MIT/GPL. Signed-off-by: leilk.liu <leilk.liu@mediatek.com> --- drivers/spi/spi-mt65xx.c | 4 ++-- include/linux/platform_data/spi-mt65xx.h | 2 +- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-mt65xx.c b/drivers/spi/spi-mt65xx.c index 976f73b9e299..d8a8fb0e8aa4 100644 --- a/drivers/spi/spi-mt65xx.c +++ b/drivers/spi/spi-mt65xx.c @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR MIT /* * Copyright (c) 2015 MediaTek Inc. * Author: Leilk Liu <leilk.liu@mediatek.com> @@ -946,5 +946,5 @@ module_platform_driver(mtk_spi_driver); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("MTK SPI Controller driver"); MODULE_AUTHOR("Leilk Liu <leilk.liu@mediatek.com>"); -MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2"); +MODULE_LICENSE("Dual MIT/GPL"); MODULE_ALIAS("platform:mtk-spi"); diff --git a/include/linux/platform_data/spi-mt65xx.h b/include/linux/platform_data/spi-mt65xx.h index 65fd5ffd257c..b6dcd70c4c49 100644 --- a/include/linux/platform_data/spi-mt65xx.h +++ b/include/linux/platform_data/spi-mt65xx.h @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */ +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR MIT /* * MTK SPI bus driver definitions * -- 2.18.0 _______________________________________________ linux-arm-kernel mailing list linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel ^ permalink raw reply related [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH] spi: mediatek: Re-license MTK SPI driver as Dual MIT/GPL 2021-03-03 2:56 [PATCH] spi: mediatek: Re-license MTK SPI driver as Dual MIT/GPL Leilk Liu @ 2021-03-03 3:05 ` Axel Lin 2021-03-03 7:18 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman 1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Axel Lin @ 2021-03-03 3:05 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Leilk Liu Cc: Mark Brown, Nicolas Boichat, luhua . xu, Wei Yongjun, Thomas Gleixner, Stephen Boyd, Pi-Hsun Shih, Markus Elfring, Javier Martinez Canillas, Greg Kroah-Hartman, Fengguang Wu, Daniel Kurtz, Mark Rutland, Matthias Brugger, LKML, linux-arm-kernel, linux-spi, linux-mediatek, fparent Leilk Liu <leilk.liu@mediatek.com> 於 2021年3月3日 週三 上午10:57寫道： > > From: "leilk.liu" <leilk.liu@mediatek.com> > > It is wanted to use MTK spi bus driver with GPL-2.0 or MIT license. > But now it is only licensed as GPL-2.0, so re-license it as dual > MIT/GPL. > > Signed-off-by: leilk.liu <leilk.liu@mediatek.com> Acked-by: Axel Lin <axel.lin@ingics.com> _______________________________________________ linux-arm-kernel mailing list linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH] spi: mediatek: Re-license MTK SPI driver as Dual MIT/GPL 2021-03-03 2:56 [PATCH] spi: mediatek: Re-license MTK SPI driver as Dual MIT/GPL Leilk Liu 2021-03-03 3:05 ` Axel Lin @ 2021-03-03 7:18 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman 2021-03-03 9:02 ` Leilk Liu 1 sibling, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Greg Kroah-Hartman @ 2021-03-03 7:18 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Leilk Liu Cc: Mark Brown, Nicolas Boichat, luhua . xu, Wei Yongjun, Thomas Gleixner, Stephen Boyd, Pi-Hsun Shih, Markus Elfring, Javier Martinez Canillas, Fengguang Wu, Daniel Kurtz, Axel Lin, Mark Rutland, Matthias Brugger, linux-kernel, linux-arm-kernel, linux-spi, linux-mediatek, fparent On Wed, Mar 03, 2021 at 10:56:36AM +0800, Leilk Liu wrote: > From: "leilk.liu" <leilk.liu@mediatek.com> > > It is wanted to use MTK spi bus driver with GPL-2.0 or MIT license. > But now it is only licensed as GPL-2.0, so re-license it as dual > MIT/GPL. > > Signed-off-by: leilk.liu <leilk.liu@mediatek.com> Please use your name here, not an email alias for where your name goes. > --- > drivers/spi/spi-mt65xx.c | 4 ++-- > include/linux/platform_data/spi-mt65xx.h | 2 +- Given that these files have been licensed under the GPL only since 2015, all changes contributed to it have only been licensed under the GPL as well, so have you gotten approval for all of the contributors for this change? Can you please get your lawyer to also sign off on this license change patch, so that we know that you have their approval for this incase there are questions about it in the future? thanks, greg k-h _______________________________________________ linux-arm-kernel mailing list linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH] spi: mediatek: Re-license MTK SPI driver as Dual MIT/GPL 2021-03-03 7:18 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman @ 2021-03-03 9:02 ` Leilk Liu 2021-03-03 9:12 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Leilk Liu @ 2021-03-03 9:02 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Mark Brown, Nicolas Boichat, luhua . xu, Wei Yongjun, Thomas Gleixner, Stephen Boyd, Pi-Hsun Shih, Markus Elfring, Javier Martinez Canillas, Fengguang Wu, Daniel Kurtz, Axel Lin, Mark Rutland, Matthias Brugger, linux-kernel, linux-arm-kernel, linux-spi, linux-mediatek, fparent On Wed, 2021-03-03 at 08:18 +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Wed, Mar 03, 2021 at 10:56:36AM +0800, Leilk Liu wrote: > > From: "leilk.liu" <leilk.liu@mediatek.com> > > > > It is wanted to use MTK spi bus driver with GPL-2.0 or MIT license. > > But now it is only licensed as GPL-2.0, so re-license it as dual > > MIT/GPL. > > > > Signed-off-by: leilk.liu <leilk.liu@mediatek.com> > > Please use your name here, not an email alias for where your name goes. > OK, I'll fix it, thanks! > > > --- > > drivers/spi/spi-mt65xx.c | 4 ++-- > > include/linux/platform_data/spi-mt65xx.h | 2 +- > > Given that these files have been licensed under the GPL only since 2015, > all changes contributed to it have only been licensed under the GPL as > well, so have you gotten approval for all of the contributors for this > change? > This is the reason that I sent this patch to ask for ACKs from all contributors (who are all in the To mail-list) for these files. > Can you please get your lawyer to also sign off on this license change > patch, so that we know that you have their approval for this incase > there are questions about it in the future? > I need to use the code in other projects that is not with GPL-2.0. Also, the license change is approved by Mediatek supervisor. > thanks, > > greg k-h _______________________________________________ linux-arm-kernel mailing list linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH] spi: mediatek: Re-license MTK SPI driver as Dual MIT/GPL 2021-03-03 9:02 ` Leilk Liu @ 2021-03-03 9:12 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman 0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Greg Kroah-Hartman @ 2021-03-03 9:12 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Leilk Liu Cc: Mark Brown, Nicolas Boichat, luhua . xu, Wei Yongjun, Thomas Gleixner, Stephen Boyd, Pi-Hsun Shih, Markus Elfring, Javier Martinez Canillas, Fengguang Wu, Daniel Kurtz, Axel Lin, Mark Rutland, Matthias Brugger, linux-kernel, linux-arm-kernel, linux-spi, linux-mediatek, fparent On Wed, Mar 03, 2021 at 05:02:39PM +0800, Leilk Liu wrote: > On Wed, 2021-03-03 at 08:18 +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 03, 2021 at 10:56:36AM +0800, Leilk Liu wrote: > > > From: "leilk.liu" <leilk.liu@mediatek.com> > > > > > > It is wanted to use MTK spi bus driver with GPL-2.0 or MIT license. > > > But now it is only licensed as GPL-2.0, so re-license it as dual > > > MIT/GPL. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: leilk.liu <leilk.liu@mediatek.com> > > > > Please use your name here, not an email alias for where your name goes. > > > OK, I'll fix it, thanks! > > > > > --- > > > drivers/spi/spi-mt65xx.c | 4 ++-- > > > include/linux/platform_data/spi-mt65xx.h | 2 +- > > > > Given that these files have been licensed under the GPL only since 2015, > > all changes contributed to it have only been licensed under the GPL as > > well, so have you gotten approval for all of the contributors for this > > change? > > > This is the reason that I sent this patch to ask for ACKs from all > contributors (who are all in the To mail-list) for these files. That wasn't obvious :) But given that many of the contributors here do not actually own the copyrights of their contributions, how can you be sure that the real owners are agreeing to this? That requires something much more "legal" than just an "ack" on a patch. Please work with your corporate lawyers for how to do this correctly. > > Can you please get your lawyer to also sign off on this license change > > patch, so that we know that you have their approval for this incase > > there are questions about it in the future? > > > I need to use the code in other projects that is not with GPL-2.0. What project needs this code that you can not just base it off of your original contribution instead? That would not require any license change of the kernel files, right? Wouldn't that be easier than trying to retain this license change over time as you will not be taking the changes here into another project as well. > Also, the license change is approved by Mediatek supervisor. Great, get them to also sign-off on the patch please, along with your lawyers, so that we know all is done correctly. thanks, greg k-h _______________________________________________ linux-arm-kernel mailing list linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
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