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Miller" , Eric Dumazet , Paolo Abeni , Stefan Eichenberger , netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 net-next 00/13] net: phy: marvell-88q2xxx: add driver for the Marvell 88Q2220 PHY Message-ID: <20240205093230.GA2323158@debian> References: <20240122212848.3645785-1-dima.fedrau@gmail.com> <20240129180959.582dbc88@kernel.org> <20240202183029.GA16692@debian> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Am Sat, Feb 03, 2024 at 05:07:13PM +0100 schrieb Andrew Lunn: > On Fri, Feb 02, 2024 at 07:30:29PM +0100, Dimitri Fedrau wrote: > > [...] > > > > Probably late, but there are parts of the code which are based on the > > sample code provided by Marvell. The sample code is licensed under BSD > > 2 Clause. Should I change the license in the driver to dual license ? > > IANAL > > You can take BSD code and release it with a GPL license. But it would > be better to indicate it is derived from BSD code. Either make it dual > license, or add a comment about the origin of the code. > Is there a reason why the "MODULE_AUTHOR" is not in the driver and it's also missing in marvell-88x2222.c. I also don't see any copyright information. I'm just curious, not seeking for any legal advice. :) I just have to get this figured out to stay out of trouble. Dimitri