From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A355C170A0C; Fri, 15 Nov 2024 04:40:42 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1731645643; cv=none; b=GuB4xi+/AtTgi7G1cauQjzp75cxY5p/p3O1lDhxN33vuHfPFzOZONhyWp+/5ngtEVqMfRzhCAihCLzKjx3Z4J8r2rz42L8Mp91sQlHKVifRK44LSERlE6EC1z2NzgkoSjx8SM/1PEKS26khkASxKfAdZDVUN2pUB/9km2BKSPYg= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1731645643; c=relaxed/simple; bh=s5Sf/073PZg0plaPLRk7Xqrl7dbJWb5pAAlCEskPFqI=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=debbnG+HaNEiM5wUSb+iH7Ath12ln6Q5tTbHtgMxs9Bk5yCPYk5feQUfw5gwWjJlvxg9wroV9xQYwcSYfwyuQNHAcCQV5d8/mcYz3WBWJCM03x+vRcVAEMnmRqRZcqp+2YjDZX9Ps5kqHSWEXD+DJaGuQSozmiLSXDG19202yek= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=i5eJYGVl; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="i5eJYGVl" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 99872C4CECF; Fri, 15 Nov 2024 04:40:41 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1731645642; bh=s5Sf/073PZg0plaPLRk7Xqrl7dbJWb5pAAlCEskPFqI=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=i5eJYGVlR8pUe14oi8sfcDVauEGlO8wzsLLXl4LOrNO8ZLp9Dy4h574PDTtOMWtzS 8rWP4ygFu1gM9O5eUXL0aRI6jdwmVvZvI52BtvV+zU31y53x6y6aFYe8BCDW7FdofE nMGGmbI8t5VAFkE1horjVonzFwinMk5tisFFTO8I= Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 05:40:38 +0100 From: Greg KH To: Uwe =?iso-8859-1?Q?Kleine-K=F6nig?= Cc: Luis Chamberlain , Werner Sembach , tux@tuxedocomputers.com, Petr Pavlu , Sami Tolvanen , Daniel Gomez , linux-modules@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Thorsten Leemhuis Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] module: Block modules by Tuxedo from accessing GPL symbols Message-ID: <2024111513-gave-gracious-5f7b@gregkh> References: <20241114103133.547032-4-ukleinek@kernel.org> <20241114103133.547032-6-ukleinek@kernel.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-modules@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20241114103133.547032-6-ukleinek@kernel.org> On Thu, Nov 14, 2024 at 11:31:34AM +0100, Uwe Kleine-König wrote: > Tuxedo licenses the modules used on their hardware under GPLv3+, to > "keep control of the upstream pacing" – and want to re-license the code > while upstreaming. > > They were asked to then at least not use MODULE_LICENSE("GPL") which > declares compatibility to the kernel's GPLv2. They accepted the pull > request and shortly after reverted the change and so continue to lie > about the license. > > So teach the module loader that these modules are proprietary despite > their declaration to be GPLv2 compatible "until the legal stuff is > sorted out". > > Link: https://gitlab.com/tuxedocomputers/development/packages/tuxedo-drivers/-/commit/a8c09b6c2ce6393fe39d8652d133af9f06cfb427 > Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman