From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.6 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E77AC282C3 for ; Thu, 24 Jan 2019 18:25:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 511B3218AF for ; Thu, 24 Jan 2019 18:25:07 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1548354307; bh=nQB4ghqSNu1d8/f6NzXY7Y9vGm0WkLX78lMHzoJPEB8=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=tajmbucmDgMTWrrm41KZLWn1X5DoYc7J863gbcRbIMLXZSL+pFw63OA2CmdXxFpa2 YqITFLSebdI2pOHup+/bQ0Re5H9TnaF0CwhJ8qsZkcRTFee7YckA+UiLek5kxqgLhJ 7zsItpHJ8j1BZbasQuYW2064HctiErlWLdFzSGBc= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728051AbfAXSZF (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jan 2019 13:25:05 -0500 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:48864 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725909AbfAXSZF (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jan 2019 13:25:05 -0500 Received: from localhost (5356596B.cm-6-7b.dynamic.ziggo.nl [83.86.89.107]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B77EE2184C; Thu, 24 Jan 2019 18:25:03 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1548354304; bh=nQB4ghqSNu1d8/f6NzXY7Y9vGm0WkLX78lMHzoJPEB8=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=OQgsF48mBcWaiSPIFpVBzmu8aze+CCn9hL3ZL+Y0S2v5WV3qnFBSmTq7TjP0IXgar lPDJj1Pu9iwzrasbp5zqdPsGj//Jy2Zmulw3xrTdXfgFqghVT/nilVp6wC6UOiA4pU 2csuUYik4c7Kl5X+4Kyi4uAh02DdEZ3VtslcnlX8= Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 19:25:02 +0100 From: Greg KH To: Sven Van Asbroeck Cc: Andreas =?iso-8859-1?Q?F=E4rber?= , Paul Gortmaker , Sven Van Asbroeck , robh+dt@kernel.org, Linus Walleij , Lee Jones , mark.rutland@arm.com, treding@nvidia.com, David Lechner , noralf@tronnes.org, johan@kernel.org, Michal Simek , michal.vokac@ysoft.com, Arnd Bergmann , john.garry@huawei.com, geert+renesas@glider.be, robin.murphy@arm.com, sebastien.bourdelin@savoirfairelinux.com, icenowy@aosc.io, Stuart Yoder , maxime.ripard@bootlin.com, Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 1/6] fieldbus_dev: add Fieldbus Device subsystem. Message-ID: <20190124182502.GA18351@kroah.com> References: <20190122152109.30488-1-TheSven73@googlemail.com> <20190122152109.30488-2-TheSven73@googlemail.com> <20190122165658.GH26416@windriver.com> <2f4406b5-9970-211e-beef-a8b6ad60b99e@suse.de> <20190122185246.GA922@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.11.2 (2019-01-07) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 01:07:58PM -0500, Sven Van Asbroeck wrote: > On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 1:52 PM Greg KH wrote: > > > > SPDX "GPL-2.0+" please. > > > > > would be if this code was derived from v2-only code that can't be > > > relicensed anymore. > > > > Are you _sure_ you want v2+? I ask as I am forced to :) > > > > The licencing choice confuses me. Why would I choose a different > licence to what the Linux kernel itself is provided under? The Linux kernel is provided under "GPLv2" not "GPLv2+" "GPLv2" means "GPLv2 only" "GPLv2+" means "Any version of the GPL that the FSF decides to create from now until the end of time." > If I did pick a different one, what are the tradeoffs between GPLv2 and GPLv2+ ? That is for you and your lawyers to discuss :) thanks, greg k-h