[stable] Deleting "mt7621-mmc" with "interesting" license?

[stable] Deleting "mt7621-mmc" with "interesting" license?

[Pavel Machek]

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Hi!

I realize that "interesting" license is not on a list of bugs suitable
for -stable, but on the other hand, this tends to scare corporate
lawyers... so perhaps we should remove the driver in -stable, too?

Upstream commit id is 441bf7332d55c4d34afae9ffc3bbec621093f4d1.

4.19 has the problematic driver, 4.4 does not.

Best regards,
									Pavel
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Re: [stable] Deleting "mt7621-mmc" with "interesting" license?

[Greg KH]

On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 09:13:50AM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I realize that "interesting" license is not on a list of bugs suitable
> for -stable, but on the other hand, this tends to scare corporate
> lawyers... so perhaps we should remove the driver in -stable, too?
> 
> Upstream commit id is 441bf7332d55c4d34afae9ffc3bbec621093f4d1.
> 
> 4.19 has the problematic driver, 4.4 does not.

If a lawyer has issues with this, please just upgrade to the latest
kernel release :)

thanks,

greg k-h

Re: [stable] Deleting "mt7621-mmc" with "interesting" license?

[Pavel Machek]

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On Thu 2019-08-15 09:51:32, Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 09:13:50AM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > Hi!
> > 
> > I realize that "interesting" license is not on a list of bugs suitable
> > for -stable, but on the other hand, this tends to scare corporate
> > lawyers... so perhaps we should remove the driver in -stable, too?
> > 
> > Upstream commit id is 441bf7332d55c4d34afae9ffc3bbec621093f4d1.
> > 
> > 4.19 has the problematic driver, 4.4 does not.
> 
> If a lawyer has issues with this, please just upgrade to the latest
> kernel release :)

We are talking this project:
https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/civilinfrastructureplatform/start .
Upgrading is not an option, but I can take the patch locally.

If someone has confirmation that "interesting" license is a mistake
and it is indeed GPL, that would be nice, too.

Best regards,

								Pavel
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DENX Software Engineering GmbH,      Managing Director: Wolfgang Denk
HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany

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Re: [stable] Deleting "mt7621-mmc" with "interesting" license?

[Greg KH]

On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 09:59:27AM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> On Thu 2019-08-15 09:51:32, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 09:13:50AM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > > Hi!
> > > 
> > > I realize that "interesting" license is not on a list of bugs suitable
> > > for -stable, but on the other hand, this tends to scare corporate
> > > lawyers... so perhaps we should remove the driver in -stable, too?
> > > 
> > > Upstream commit id is 441bf7332d55c4d34afae9ffc3bbec621093f4d1.
> > > 
> > > 4.19 has the problematic driver, 4.4 does not.
> > 
> > If a lawyer has issues with this, please just upgrade to the latest
> > kernel release :)
> 
> We are talking this project:
> https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/civilinfrastructureplatform/start .
> Upgrading is not an option, but I can take the patch locally.

It does not meet the stable rules, sorry, I'm not going to take it.

> If someone has confirmation that "interesting" license is a mistake
> and it is indeed GPL, that would be nice, too.

Feel free to discus it with the company who wrote the driver :)

good luck!

greg k-h

Re: [stable] Deleting "mt7621-mmc" with "interesting" license?

[Pavel Machek]

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On Thu 2019-08-15 10:44:06, Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 09:59:27AM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > On Thu 2019-08-15 09:51:32, Greg KH wrote:
> > > On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 09:13:50AM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > > > Hi!
> > > > 
> > > > I realize that "interesting" license is not on a list of bugs suitable
> > > > for -stable, but on the other hand, this tends to scare corporate
> > > > lawyers... so perhaps we should remove the driver in -stable, too?
> > > > 
> > > > Upstream commit id is 441bf7332d55c4d34afae9ffc3bbec621093f4d1.
> > > > 
> > > > 4.19 has the problematic driver, 4.4 does not.
> > > 
> > > If a lawyer has issues with this, please just upgrade to the latest
> > > kernel release :)
> > 
> > We are talking this project:
> > https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/civilinfrastructureplatform/start .
> > Upgrading is not an option, but I can take the patch locally.
> 
> It does not meet the stable rules, sorry, I'm not going to take it.

No problem, I can take the patch locally.

> > If someone has confirmation that "interesting" license is a mistake
> > and it is indeed GPL, that would be nice, too.
> 
> Feel free to discus it with the company who wrote the driver :)

I hope I got Cc list right, and they should be cce-ed.

Best regards,
								Pavel

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HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany

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