netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: add QCA alx Ethernet driver

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Date:	Wed, 29 Feb 2012 01:38:03 -0800
From:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <rodrigue@....qualcomm.com>
To:	"Huang, Xiong" <xiong@....qualcomm.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	qca-linux-team <qca-linux-team@...lcomm.com>,
	nic-devel <nic-devel@...lcomm.com>,
	"Giori, Kathy" <kgiori@....qualcomm.com>,
	"chris.snook@...il.com" <chris.snook@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: add QCA alx Ethernet driver

On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 11:30 PM, Huang, Xiong <xiong@....qualcomm.com> wrote:
> My another concern is the license type. Current atl1c use GPL v2, and got some contribution outside of QCA though the first version
> was wrote by our Atheros guy. And that guy just copied the license from atl1e/atl1x that contains the words "Derived from Intel e1000".
>
> If I update this driver and add new chip support on it, Our Company's legal might not permit me to do so, they prefer QCA ISC license.
> Is it possible to change the license header to ISC while I applying patches to source code ?

No.

  Luis
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