From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Felipe Ferreri Tonello <eu@felipetonello.com>
Cc: Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@mina86.com>,
linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Felipe Balbi <balbi@kernel.org>,
Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] usb: gadget: f_midi: cleanups and typos fixes
Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2016 19:02:18 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160306030218.GC25405@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <67978B12-052E-4F39-8E8E-4CFD4A664717@felipetonello.com>
On Sat, Mar 05, 2016 at 11:53:35PM +0000, Felipe Ferreri Tonello wrote:
> Hi Greg,
>
> On March 5, 2016 7:39:13 PM GMT+00:00, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote:
> >On Sat, Mar 05, 2016 at 11:28:45AM -0500, Michal Nazarewicz wrote:
> >> >> On Wed, Mar 02 2016, Felipe F. Tonello wrote:
> >> >>> @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
> >> >>> * Copyright (C) 2006 Thumtronics Pty Ltd.
> >> >>> * Ben Williamson <ben.williamson@greyinnovation.com>
> >> >>> *
> >> >>> - * Licensed under the GPL-2 or later.
> >> >>> + * Licensed under the GPLv2.
> >>
> >> > On March 4, 2016 7:17:31 PM GMT+00:00, Michal Nazarewicz
> ><mina86@mina86.com> wrote:
> >> >> Any particular reason to do that?
> >>
> >> On Fri, Mar 04 2016, Felipe Ferreri Tonello wrote:
> >> > Because the kernel is v2 only and not later.
> >>
> >> Linux as a whole is GPLv2 only, but that doesn’t necessarily mean
> >that
> >> parts of it cannot be dual licensed (or GPLv2+). It’s safer to leave
> >> copyright noticed clear unless you explicitly want your contribution
> >be
> >> GPLv2 only which brings the whole file GPLv2 only.
> >
> >But you can't change the license of someone else's code, which is what
> >is happening here. Felipe T, you can't do that at all unless you want
> >to get into big trouble, please consult a lawyer for all of the gory
> >details.
>
> Thanks for letting me know. TBH, I had no idea about it.
Never change a copyright or a license if you don't know exactly what you
are doing, or why you are doing it, and have consulted with a lawyer
beforehand. The issues here are real, don't take them lightly.
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-03-06 3:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 53+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-03-02 19:40 [PATCH 0/5] MIDI USB Gadget improvements Felipe F. Tonello
2016-03-02 19:40 ` [PATCH 1/5] usb: gadget: f_midi: refactor state machine Felipe F. Tonello
2016-03-02 21:09 ` Clemens Ladisch
2016-03-03 8:57 ` Felipe Ferreri Tonello
2016-03-03 11:38 ` Clemens Ladisch
2016-03-03 16:30 ` Felipe Ferreri Tonello
2016-03-04 8:07 ` Clemens Ladisch
2016-03-04 18:39 ` Felipe Ferreri Tonello
2016-03-04 18:43 ` Clemens Ladisch
2016-03-02 19:40 ` [PATCH 2/5] usb: gadget: f_midi: added spinlock on transmit function Felipe F. Tonello
2016-03-04 7:20 ` Felipe Balbi
2016-03-04 18:49 ` Felipe Ferreri Tonello
2016-03-07 7:32 ` Felipe Balbi
2016-03-07 9:28 ` Felipe Ferreri Tonello
2016-03-08 7:37 ` Felipe Balbi
2016-03-08 13:46 ` Felipe Ferreri Tonello
2016-03-08 14:01 ` Felipe Balbi
2016-03-08 15:40 ` Felipe Ferreri Tonello
2016-03-09 7:22 ` Felipe Balbi
2016-03-02 19:40 ` [PATCH 3/5] usb: gadget: gmidi: remove bus powered requirement on bmAttributes Felipe F. Tonello
2016-03-04 7:16 ` Felipe Balbi
2016-03-04 18:46 ` Felipe Ferreri Tonello
2016-03-07 7:34 ` Felipe Balbi
2016-03-07 9:40 ` Felipe Ferreri Tonello
2016-03-07 10:59 ` Felipe Balbi
2016-03-07 11:13 ` Felipe Ferreri Tonello
2016-03-08 7:43 ` Felipe Balbi
2016-03-08 10:14 ` Krzysztof Opasiak
2016-03-08 10:34 ` Felipe Balbi
2016-03-08 13:54 ` Felipe Ferreri Tonello
2016-03-08 14:04 ` Felipe Balbi
2016-03-08 14:15 ` Krzysztof Opasiak
2016-03-08 14:20 ` Felipe Balbi
2016-03-08 15:24 ` Felipe Ferreri Tonello
2016-03-02 19:40 ` [PATCH 4/5] usb: gadget: f_midi: cleanups and typos fixes Felipe F. Tonello
2016-03-04 7:13 ` Felipe Balbi
2016-03-04 19:17 ` Michal Nazarewicz
2016-03-04 20:17 ` Felipe Ferreri Tonello
2016-03-05 16:28 ` Michal Nazarewicz
2016-03-05 19:39 ` Greg KH
2016-03-05 23:53 ` Felipe Ferreri Tonello
2016-03-06 3:02 ` Greg KH [this message]
2016-03-05 23:57 ` Felipe Ferreri Tonello
2016-03-07 7:35 ` Felipe Balbi
2016-03-07 9:32 ` Felipe Ferreri Tonello
2016-03-08 7:44 ` Felipe Balbi
2016-03-02 19:40 ` [PATCH 5/5] usb: gadget: f_midi: updated copyright Felipe F. Tonello
2016-03-04 7:13 ` Felipe Balbi
2016-03-04 18:41 ` Felipe Ferreri Tonello
2016-03-07 7:36 ` Felipe Balbi
2016-03-07 9:23 ` Felipe Ferreri Tonello
2016-03-04 7:11 ` [PATCH 0/5] MIDI USB Gadget improvements Felipe Balbi
2016-03-04 18:43 ` Felipe Ferreri Tonello
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