linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] Input: add support for Semtech SX8654 I2C touchscreen controller

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Date:	Sat, 07 Mar 2015 23:38:55 +0100
From:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
To:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Cc:	Sébastien Szymanski 
	<sebastien.szymanski@...adeus.com>, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Ian Campbell <ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk>,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Input: add support for Semtech SX8654 I2C
 touchscreen controller

On Sat, 2015-03-07 at 14:26 -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On March 7, 2015 2:12:20 PM PST, Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl> wrote:
> I was talking about them being treated differently from technological
> standpoint (i.e. the code), not from legal one.

>From a technological standpoint it would be easy to declare "GPL" (or
any other string) to mean "GPL v2 compatible", which is, I think, all
that matters. But license_is_gpl_compatible() doesn't do that. And I
fear that's for a reason. Is my fear unfounded?

> If you want to fix up input drivers I'll take such patch, but I am
> sure more such cases will sneak in unless you also make sure that
> there are tools (such as checkpatch.pl) that can alert developers to
>the inconsistency.

checkpatch.pl crossed my mind too. But in just over a week of checking
the license comments of (a subset of) the submitted patches I've come to
think that just won't work.


Paul Bolle

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