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=-2.3 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no 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 90CA1C31E40 for ; Thu, 15 Aug 2019 08:44:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56AF121872 for ; Thu, 15 Aug 2019 08:44:11 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1565858651; bh=llVxxBukpJG5SJY+eHk9wmKykH5m0KfyP/mwsBZgdvA=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=159xetPq7plLe86ZKqWdIvFSHNhuum6A3fbWpdOcX/mpmN2KSzCswcWyT532JsgBY u9vLxBEuRCwUrnAIH/7d4Jt5zTJhT6gmhrTwINpPl/e7maojj27SkushbFL9uYLYTZ uetfoYImqbu1CeR8JATA34OqJQ2GdkmNG+GDR2no= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1730872AbfHOIoK (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Aug 2019 04:44:10 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:59488 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725875AbfHOIoK (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Aug 2019 04:44:10 -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 B760C21851; Thu, 15 Aug 2019 08:44:08 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1565858649; bh=llVxxBukpJG5SJY+eHk9wmKykH5m0KfyP/mwsBZgdvA=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=R+JngZy0Ci5goEa/AnERQlvhzC0OENPk2e5akbI4QvA6V8bRkKpqq49QWADMLZWyc Xk8lSxhYWqIvyPSJgaFTvyXBOOoRyPTWyUARLf7z/319tewP1n3EE7COsg8uBaWB31 CXEcN6g8OJO9t3TlC+Q4yaDKWMRn1eAh2UvA5dMQ= Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 10:44:06 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Pavel Machek Cc: kernel list , stable@kernel.org, matthias.bgg@gmail.com, neil@brown.name, thirtythreeforty@gmail.com, christian@lkamp.de, nishadkamdar@gmail.com, ser.perschin@gmail.com, blogic@openwrt.org, jan.kiszka@siemens.com Subject: Re: [stable] Deleting "mt7621-mmc" with "interesting" license? Message-ID: <20190815084406.GC3512@kroah.com> References: <20190815071350.GB3906@amd> <20190815075132.GA30284@kroah.com> <20190815075927.GC3669@amd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190815075927.GC3669@amd> User-Agent: Mutt/1.12.1 (2019-06-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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