From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: richard -rw- weinberger <richard.weinberger@gmail.com>
Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>,
Ezequiel Garcia <elezegarcia@gmail.com>,
Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@gmail.com>,
Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@free-electrons.com>,
Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel@free-electrons.com>,
linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, Tim Bird <tim.bird@am.sony.com>,
Gregory CLEMENT <gclement00@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH v2] ubi: Add ubiblock read-write driver
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 08:30:00 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121212163000.GA4848@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFLxGvyQ5q3T7JfsY3fqiEB1DKiEBj=jWZEEfJpApc0fuNv2AA@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 05:14:41PM +0100, richard -rw- weinberger wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 4:50 PM, Gregory CLEMENT <gclement00@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 2012/12/12 richard -rw- weinberger <richard.weinberger@gmail.com>:
> >> Hi!
> >>
> >> A few comments...
> >>
> >> On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Ezequiel Garcia <elezegarcia@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> --- /dev/null
> >>> +++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/ubiblock.c
> >>> @@ -0,0 +1,830 @@
> >>> +/*
> >>> + * Copyright (c) 2012 Ezequiel Garcia
> >>> + * Copyright (c) 2011 Free Electrons
> >>> + *
> >>> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> >>> + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
> >>> + * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
> >>> + * (at your option) any later version.
> >>
> >> Linux is GPLv2 and not v2 or any later version...
> >
> > I think it is more complicate than this.
> > In the kernel you have code under GPLv2, GPLv2+ and even BSD licenses.
> > All these licenses are compatible but if you want to distribute all the sources
> > of the kernel then you are under the more restrictive license: GPLv2.
> > So we can say that kernel is GPLv2, but it doesn't prevent to submit code
> > under GPLv2+.
>
> The kernel is GPLv2. period.
The overall kernel is, yes, but individual files can also have
additional licenses on them.
> > There seems to have a couple of files under GPLv2:
> > git grep "(at your option) any later version" | wc -l
> > 6800
>
> These lines are wrong.
Not true at all, please consult a lawyer if you are unsure.
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-12-12 16:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-12-12 12:21 [RFC/PATCH v2] ubi: Add ubiblock read-write driver Ezequiel Garcia
2012-12-12 15:21 ` richard -rw- weinberger
2012-12-12 15:50 ` Gregory CLEMENT
2012-12-12 16:14 ` richard -rw- weinberger
2012-12-12 16:30 ` Greg KH [this message]
2012-12-12 16:32 ` richard -rw- weinberger
2012-12-12 16:18 ` Ezequiel Garcia
2012-12-12 16:35 ` Ezequiel Garcia
2012-12-12 17:26 ` Michael Opdenacker
2012-12-12 19:50 ` Tim Bird
2013-04-18 20:30 ` Mike Frysinger
2013-04-18 20:58 ` Peter Korsgaard
2013-04-19 0:13 ` Ezequiel Garcia
2013-04-19 1:28 ` Mike Frysinger
2013-04-19 7:10 ` Gupta, Pekon
2013-04-19 11:57 ` Mike Frysinger
2013-04-19 12:31 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2013-04-19 12:31 ` Bityutskiy, Artem
2013-04-19 12:53 ` Mike Frysinger
2013-04-19 12:55 ` Matthieu CASTET
2013-04-24 16:27 ` Mike Frysinger
2013-04-19 12:56 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2013-04-19 15:02 ` Ezequiel Garcia
2013-04-19 17:05 ` Tim Bird
2013-04-20 18:12 ` Brian Norris
2013-05-13 7:44 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2013-04-20 7:50 ` richard -rw- weinberger
2013-05-13 7:49 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2013-05-13 9:23 ` richard -rw- weinberger
2013-04-19 12:27 ` Ezequiel Garcia
2013-05-13 7:28 ` Artem Bityutskiy
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