Re: [PATCH 4/5] usb: gadget: f_midi: cleanups and typos fixes

Felipe Ferreri Tonello
2016-03-05T23:53:46Z

Hi Greg,

On March 5, 2016 7:39:13 PM GMT+00:00, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote:
>On Sat, Mar 05, 2016 at 11:28:45AM -0500, Michal Nazarewicz wrote:
>> >> On Wed, Mar 02 2016, Felipe F. Tonello wrote:
>> >>> @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
>> >>> * Copyright (C) 2006 Thumtronics Pty Ltd.
>> >>> * Ben Williamson <ben.williamson@greyinnovation.com>
>> >>> *
>> >>> - * Licensed under the GPL-2 or later.
>> >>> + * Licensed under the GPLv2.
>>
>> > On March 4, 2016 7:17:31 PM GMT+00:00, Michal Nazarewicz
><mina86@mina86.com> wrote:
>> >> Any particular reason to do that?
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 04 2016, Felipe Ferreri Tonello wrote:
>> > Because the kernel is v2 only and not later.
>>
>> Linux as a whole is GPLv2 only, but that doesn’t necessarily mean
>that
>> parts of it cannot be dual licensed (or GPLv2+). It’s safer to leave
>> copyright noticed clear unless you explicitly want your contribution
>be
>> GPLv2 only which brings the whole file GPLv2 only.
>
>But you can't change the license of someone else's code, which is what
>is happening here. Felipe T, you can't do that at all unless you want
>to get into big trouble, please consult a lawyer for all of the gory
>details.

Thanks for letting me know. TBH, I had no idea about it.

Felipe

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