From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: andrey.konovalov@linux.dev
Cc: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@gmail.com>,
Felipe Balbi <balbi@kernel.org>,
linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: raw-gadget: upgrade license identifier
Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2021 09:08:12 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Ycgi7GiU2udbjF2f@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f55721ade28b2715eaf54b28a1bbfaad7b5adc0d.1640471342.git.andreyknvl@gmail.com>
On Sat, Dec 25, 2021 at 11:32:36PM +0100, andrey.konovalov@linux.dev wrote:
> From: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@gmail.com>
>
> Most of the USB gadget modules are licensed as GPL-2.0+. There is no
> reason not to allow using Raw Gadget code under a newer GPL version.
>
> Change SPDX identifier from GPL-2.0 to GPL-2.0+.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@gmail.com>
>
> ---
>
> I don't know whether such license change is possible and what it
> requires.
It requires the copyright holder to agree to change the license, as well
as anyone who as contributed to it. If you so desire to do this, please
work with them and get the lawyers for those entities to sign off on the
patch and I will be glad to take it.
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-12-26 8:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-12-25 22:32 [PATCH] usb: raw-gadget: upgrade license identifier andrey.konovalov
2021-12-26 8:08 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2021-12-26 13:19 ` Andrey Konovalov
2021-12-26 14:02 ` Joe Perches
2021-12-26 14:50 ` Andrey Konovalov
2021-12-26 15:18 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-12-26 15:46 ` Andrey Konovalov
2021-12-27 6:42 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
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