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=-2.5 required=3.0 tests=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 85ADCC43381 for ; Fri, 1 Mar 2019 13:35:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E0762084D for ; Fri, 1 Mar 2019 13:35:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2387799AbfCANf3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Mar 2019 08:35:29 -0500 Received: from atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz ([195.113.26.193]:60784 "EHLO atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727418AbfCANf3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Mar 2019 08:35:29 -0500 Received: by atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz (Postfix, from userid 512) id 0A84980295; Fri, 1 Mar 2019 14:35:19 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2019 14:35:12 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Sven Van Asbroeck Cc: Greg KH , 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: <20190301133512.GB7456@amd> 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: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="1LKvkjL3sHcu1TtY" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --1LKvkjL3sHcu1TtY Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu 2019-01-24 13:07:58, Sven Van Asbroeck wrote: > On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 1:52 PM Greg KH wrot= e: > > > > 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 :) > > >=20 > The licencing choice confuses me. Why would I choose a different > licence to what the Linux kernel itself is provided under? > If I did pick a different one, what are the tradeoffs between GPLv2 and G= PLv2+ ? GPLv2 is buggy as it allows TiVO-ization. GPLv3 fixes that bug, so it is more sensible choice. Kernel stays v2, but we have drivers that are dual BSD or v2+, so that they can be used for other projects. One day we might want to run GNU Hurd or something... Pavel --=20 (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blo= g.html --1LKvkjL3sHcu1TtY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iEYEARECAAYFAlx5NRAACgkQMOfwapXb+vL/LQCgm3qKNCexto1i1CodlIBjsa6G MdAAoLJWD3mqupKUI85Tgy0qwjuxzE4v =asHh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --1LKvkjL3sHcu1TtY--