linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: sm750fb: update license

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Date:   Sat, 26 Nov 2016 12:02:45 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        Teddy Wang <teddy.wang@...iconmotion.com>,
        gzhou1 <guojian.zhou@...driver.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: sm750fb: update license

On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 09:07:42AM +0000, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> The driver was actually released with BSD license. It also gained GPL
> when it was submitted to be included in the kernel.
> 
> Cc: Teddy Wang <teddy.wang@...iconmotion.com>
> Cc: gzhou1 <guojian.zhou@...driver.com> 
> Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip.mukherjee@...ethink.co.uk>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.c b/drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.c
> index 2d22c51..e9632f1 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.c
> @@ -1243,4 +1243,4 @@ static void __exit lynxfb_exit(void)
>  MODULE_AUTHOR("monk liu <monk.liu@...iconmotion.com>");
>  MODULE_AUTHOR("Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@...torindia.org>");
>  MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Frame buffer driver for SM750 chipset");
> -MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
> +MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");

Should you also update the top of the files that don't say anything
about licenses?

I'll take this patch, but an update for them would also be good.

thanks,

greg k-h