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=-2.2 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,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 67034C31E40 for ; Thu, 15 Aug 2019 08:56:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A36D21721 for ; Thu, 15 Aug 2019 08:56:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1730701AbfHOI4w (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Aug 2019 04:56:52 -0400 Received: from atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz ([195.113.26.193]:60884 "EHLO atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726120AbfHOI4v (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Aug 2019 04:56:51 -0400 Received: by atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz (Postfix, from userid 512) id D5F3780BF7; Thu, 15 Aug 2019 10:56:36 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 10:56:50 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: Greg KH Cc: Pavel Machek , 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: <20190815085649.GB5955@amd> References: <20190815071350.GB3906@amd> <20190815075132.GA30284@kroah.com> <20190815075927.GC3669@amd> <20190815084406.GC3512@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="mxv5cy4qt+RJ9ypb" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190815084406.GC3512@kroah.com> 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 --mxv5cy4qt+RJ9ypb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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! > > > >=20 > > > > I realize that "interesting" license is not on a list of bugs suita= ble > > > > for -stable, but on the other hand, this tends to scare corporate > > > > lawyers... so perhaps we should remove the driver in -stable, too? > > > >=20 > > > > Upstream commit id is 441bf7332d55c4d34afae9ffc3bbec621093f4d1. > > > >=20 > > > > 4.19 has the problematic driver, 4.4 does not. > > >=20 > > > If a lawyer has issues with this, please just upgrade to the latest > > > kernel release :) > >=20 > > We are talking this project: > > https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/civilinfrastructureplatform/start . > > Upgrading is not an option, but I can take the patch locally. >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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 --=20 DENX Software Engineering GmbH, Managing Director: Wolfgang Denk HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany --mxv5cy4qt+RJ9ypb Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iEYEARECAAYFAl1VHlEACgkQMOfwapXb+vKekQCfcy5kPkBCn0Ugkku5WXdugKU2 vxIAnA7UUxEK2Wz/aYUay6I28Gphn8gw =xI8P -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --mxv5cy4qt+RJ9ypb--