Re: [PATCH v1 RFC 1/7] Replace license with GPL

Florian Fainelli
2017-10-09T19:40:25Z

On 10/09/2017 11:40 AM, Tristram.Ha@microchip.com wrote:
>> From: Tristram.Ha@microchip.com
>>> Sent: 06 October 2017 21:33
>>> Replace license with GPL.
>>
>> Don't you need permission from all the people who have updated
>> the files in order to make this change?
>>
>> David
>
> I am a little confused by your comment. The 4 original KSZ9477 DSA
> driver files were written by Woojung at Microchip Technology Inc.
> There was a complaint the "AS IS" license is not exactly GPL.
>
> It should be submitted formally to net-next instead of a RFC, but it
> is probably pointless to do that when there is no code change.
>
> I am hoping these drastic changes of KSZ9477 driver can be accepted
> so that the patches can be submitted formally to net-next.

What David is saying is that you need to take into account every one who
has been making changes to the Microchip driver, because anytime
someones submits a patch that gets accepted, their "voice" now counts:

Fortunately, the list seems to be fairly limited:

git shortlog -sne drivers/net/dsa/microchip
5 Arkadi Sharshevsky <arkadis@mellanox.com>
1 Woojung Huh <Woojung.Huh@microchip.com>

So seeking contributor approval for a license change should be fairly
simple.
--
Florian