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=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, T_DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,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 84626C072B5 for ; Fri, 24 May 2019 08:31:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 465432175B for ; Fri, 24 May 2019 08:31:15 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1558686675; bh=cOpIXjCWAwSoPaaq155wr/SoQ9nOPr8nFPwrgTL3kkA=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=a3an3ZlzVHXzoPsKNjs5sWZe11RDuRX2RDRshMTBUB6P53YJimqGMN4je4EZbqoUs SkqUOwWE8EvhwLU8vfQYMsx/5Zbdog8CAMxmmQ3MsZK/wEdZouZLdqcSEGyHabNBdo 9mk7nJ4D5WqqZ59pwNcUj4Xow2CjNX6H9RDFRN2c= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2389585AbfEXIbO (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 May 2019 04:31:14 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:55380 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2389327AbfEXIbO (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 May 2019 04:31:14 -0400 Received: from localhost (83-86-89-107.cable.dynamic.v4.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 7636D20675; Fri, 24 May 2019 08:31:12 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1558686673; bh=cOpIXjCWAwSoPaaq155wr/SoQ9nOPr8nFPwrgTL3kkA=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=TukiTooln7P5MuTvmAXSj+R7tHmKwqqLLTxU+Rp75HpARca8VWHmksbrvkfeqssUh go01oXNBoLlxHjD22dGdtmGXcrJW7OtoKuI1cWjx/e4pwH1kEYWIIrWmfMMXtFptto OIATy83Q4UCGI6UFpJ4Ap1M8LaKcy1mZmDKXe22Y= Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 10:31:10 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Thomas Gleixner Cc: LKML , Kate Stewart Subject: Re: [BUG] USB: atm: Licensing conflict Message-ID: <20190524083110.GA16254@kroah.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.11.4 (2019-03-13) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 11:53:18AM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > The addition of SPDX identifiers to the USB subsystem introduced a license > conflict. The driver is dual licensed under GPL v2 and BSD 2 clause > according to the license texts in the file. But even the GPL v2 licensing > of this driver is ambiguous: > > * This software is available to you under a choice of one of two > * licenses. You may choose to be licensed under the terms of the GNU > * General Public License (GPL) Version 2, available from the file > * COPYING in the main directory of this source tree, or the > > This points to the kernel license which is GPL v2 only. > > * BSD license below: > * > * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without > * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions > * are met: > * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright > * notice [unmodified], this list of conditions, and the following > * disclaimer. > * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright > * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the > * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. > * > * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND > * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE > * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE > * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE > * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL > * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS > * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) > * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT > * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY > * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF > * SUCH DAMAGE. > > This is clearly a BSD 2 Clause license and not BSD 3 Clause > > * GPL license : > * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or > * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License > * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 > * of the License, or (at your option) any later version. > > And here the license is GPL V2 or later. > > Some detective work is due ... Dug into this now, patches are sent to resolve this, thanks for letting me know. greg k-h