linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] rtc: wilco-ec: Fix license to GPL from GPLv2

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Date:   Sun, 22 Sep 2019 22:43:53 +0200
From:   Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>
To:     Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:     Nick Crews <ncrews@...omium.org>, bleung@...omium.org,
        Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>,
        enric.balletbo@...labora.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        dlaurie@...omium.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] rtc: wilco-ec: Fix license to GPL from GPLv2

On 22/09/2019 22:29:48+0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> On Mon 2019-09-16 12:12:17, Nick Crews wrote:
> > Signed-off-by: Nick Crews <ncrews@...omium.org>
> > ---
> >  drivers/rtc/rtc-wilco-ec.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-wilco-ec.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-wilco-ec.c
> > index e84faa268caf..951268f5e690 100644
> > --- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-wilco-ec.c
> > +++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-wilco-ec.c
> > @@ -184,5 +184,5 @@ module_platform_driver(wilco_ec_rtc_driver);
> >  
> >  MODULE_ALIAS("platform:rtc-wilco-ec");
> >  MODULE_AUTHOR("Nick Crews <ncrews@...omium.org>");
> > -MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
> > +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> >  MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Wilco EC RTC driver");
> 
> File spdx header says GPL-2.0, this change would make it inconsistent with that...
> 

Commit bf7fbeeae6db ("module: Cure the MODULE_LICENSE "GPL" vs. "GPL v2"
bogosity") doesn't agree with you (but I was surprised too).


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