From: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
To: Shin'ichiro Kawasaki <shinichiro.kawasaki@wdc.com>,
linux-block@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>,
Li Zhijian <lizhijian@fujitsu.com>,
Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH blktests] block/{029,030,031}: relicense from GPL-2.0 to GPL-3.0+
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2026 08:55:26 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <a168cf4a-a699-42dc-aadc-8befb2abc653@acm.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260821105335.794406-1-shinichiro.kawasaki@wdc.com>
On 8/21/26 3:53 AM, Shin'ichiro Kawasaki wrote:
> Most blktests code, including check and common/rc, is licensed under
> GPL-3.0+. However, tests/block/029, 030 and 031 are licensed under
> GPL-2.0 only. These test scripts source GPL-3.0+ shell code, but
> GPL-2.0-only code is incompatible with GPL-3.0 code [1].
>
> Relicense these test scripts under GPL-3.0 or later to resolve this
> incompatibility.
Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-21 15:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-21 10:53 [PATCH blktests] block/{029,030,031}: relicense from GPL-2.0 to GPL-3.0+ Shin'ichiro Kawasaki
2026-08-21 15:55 ` Bart Van Assche [this message]
2026-08-22 13:50 ` Bart Van Assche
2026-08-24 7:50 ` Christoph Hellwig
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