From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Jessica Yu <jeyu@kernel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>,
Kate Stewart <kstewart@linuxfoundation.org>,
Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@nexb.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] module: Cure the MODULE_LICENSE "GPL" vs. "GPL v2" bogosity
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2019 17:21:51 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190206172151.56fcce6c@lwn.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.21.1901291510060.1513@nanos.tec.linutronix.de>
On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 15:11:40 +0100 (CET)
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Jan 2019, Jessica Yu wrote:
> > +++ Thomas Gleixner [28/01/19 23:38 +0100]:
> > > + "GPL" Module is licensed under GPL version 2. This
> > > + does not express any distinction between
> > > + GPL-2.0-only or GPL-2.0-or-later. The exact
> > > + license information can only be determined
> > > + via the license information in the
> > > + corresponding source files.
> > > +
> > > + "GPL v2" Same as "GPL v2". It exists for historic
> > > + reasons.
> >
> > Did you mean to say 'Same as "GPL"' here? (as in, "GPL v2" conveys the same
> > information as the "GPL" module license string)
>
> Of course. After staring at all this for too long I confused myself and did
> not spot it even if I read through the whole thing several times.
Were you thinking of sending a new version with tweaks? I can happy apply
this version with this fix if you prefer, let me know...
Thanks,
jon
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-02-07 0:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-01-28 22:38 [PATCH][RFC] module: Cure the MODULE_LICENSE "GPL" vs. "GPL v2" bogosity Thomas Gleixner
2019-01-29 1:32 ` Joe Perches
2019-01-29 5:27 ` Greg KH
2019-01-29 13:06 ` Jessica Yu
2019-01-29 14:11 ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-01-30 20:48 ` Alan Cox
2019-01-30 21:47 ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-02-07 0:21 ` Jonathan Corbet [this message]
2019-02-08 16:02 ` [PATCH v2] " Thomas Gleixner
2019-02-09 9:37 ` Philippe Ombredanne
2019-02-09 12:11 ` Greg KH
2019-02-10 18:58 ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-02-11 15:19 ` Jonathan Corbet
2019-02-11 8:44 ` Jessica Yu
2019-01-30 5:01 ` [PATCH][RFC] " Rusty Russell
2019-01-30 18:21 ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-01-30 20:45 ` Alan Cox
2019-01-30 22:00 ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-01-31 15:18 ` Philippe Ombredanne
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