linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] introduce intel

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Date:	Sat, 28 May 2011 18:17:57 +0800
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-pm <linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl, mingo@...e.hu, acme@...hat.com,
	ming.m.lin@...el.com, "Brown, Len" <lenb@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] introduce intel_rapl driver

On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 04:34:17PM +0800, Zhang Rui wrote:
> +/*
> + *  Intel RAPL interface driver
> + *
> + *  Copyright (C) 2010-2011 Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>
> + *
> + * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> + *
> + *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> + *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
> + *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
> + *  your option) any later version.

Are you really sure about "any later version"?  I didn't think that was
the default rule of Intel kernel code these days, have you verified this
exception is ok?

> + *
> + *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
> + *  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> + *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
> + *  General Public License for more details.
> + *
> + *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
> + *  with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
> + *  59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.

These two paragraphs are not needed, and the last one is never needed
unless you want to track the office movements of the FSF for the next
50+ years and always update this file because of that.

greg k-h
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