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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: Shin'ichiro Kawasaki <shinichiro.kawasaki@wdc.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>, linux-block@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH blktests] block/044: basic block error injection sanity test
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:32:42 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260629123242.GA22317@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aj9KzVlDI29qvLWe@shinmob>

On Sat, Jun 27, 2026 at 01:06:29PM +0900, Shin'ichiro Kawasaki wrote:
> On Jun 26, 2026 / 06:56, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 26, 2026 at 01:31:06PM +0900, Shin'ichiro Kawasaki wrote:
> > > > > Nit: Majority of the blktests test cases have GPL-3.0+. If you do not mind,
> > > > > I suggest GPL-3.0+.
> > > > 
> > > > Well a mix of licenses is obviously bad, although I hate the GPL 3 with
> > > > passion.
> > > 
> > > I see, I respoect author's choice.
> > 
> > Well, if the common bits are GPLv3+ we can't actually legally combine
> > them with test that have a pure GPLv2 license.  So I need at least
> > GPL-2.0+.
> 
> I see... I read back GPLv2 and v3. My understanding is that:
> 
>  - GPL v3 adds additional restrictions on top of v2, such as section 6
>    "Installation information" or section 3 "Legal Rights from Antci-
>    Circumvention Law".
>  - The v3 additions conflict with the GPL v2 section6, that says:
>    "You may not impose any further restrictions on the recepients'
>     excercise of the rights granted here in."

Yeah.

> Thanks. I will list up original authors and contributors of the test cases,
> and then bring up license fix up discussion.

Thanks.  And I'll resend this test case with your fixups.

      reply	other threads:[~2026-06-29 12:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-22 16:08 [PATCH blktests] block/044: basic block error injection sanity test Christoph Hellwig
2026-06-25  6:36 ` Shin'ichiro Kawasaki
2026-06-25 11:54   ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-06-26  4:31     ` Shin'ichiro Kawasaki
2026-06-26  4:56       ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-06-27  4:06         ` Shin'ichiro Kawasaki
2026-06-29 12:32           ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]

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