From: Pavel Machek <pavel@denx.de>
To: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@denx.de>,
kernel list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
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?
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 10:56:50 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190815085649.GB5955@amd> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190815084406.GC3512@kroah.com>
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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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2019-08-15 7:13 [stable] Deleting "mt7621-mmc" with "interesting" license? Pavel Machek
2019-08-15 7:51 ` Greg KH
2019-08-15 7:59 ` Pavel Machek
2019-08-15 8:44 ` Greg KH
2019-08-15 8:56 ` Pavel Machek [this message]
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