linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] xilinx_hwicap: remove improper wording in license statement

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Date:	Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:45:25 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Stephen Neuendorffer <stephen.neuendorffer@...inx.com>,
	stable <stable@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] xilinx_hwicap: remove improper wording in license
	statement

On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 11:08:55PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:28:21 -0800
> Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de> wrote:
> 
> > GPLv2 doesn't allow additional restrictions to be imposed on any
> > code, so this wording needs to be removed from these files.
> 
> You only need to remove the "Use in .. expressly prohibited bit", the
> rest seems like useful relevant information.

As this ended up just being boiler-plate wording from an internal Xilinx
template, and didn't apply at all to these files, it seemed easier to
just remove the whole thing :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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