linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] gadget: Introduce the usb charger framework

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Message-ID: <20150817172416.GN10748@sirena.org.uk>
Date:	Mon, 17 Aug 2015 10:24:16 -0700
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:	Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...aro.org>
Cc:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Peter Chen <peter.chen@...escale.com>, sojka@...ica.cz,
	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>, r.baldyga@...sung.com,
	yoshihiro.shimoda.uh@...esas.com, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	device-mainlining@...ts.linuxfoundation.org, sre@...nel.org,
	Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@...il.com>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>, sameo@...ux.intel.com,
	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
	patches@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] gadget: Introduce the usb charger framework

On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 11:03:26AM +0800, Baolin Wang wrote:
> On 14 August 2015 at 23:27, Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 05:47:45PM +0800, Baolin Wang wrote:

> >> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> >> + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
> >> + * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
> >> + * (at your option) any later version.

> > I have to ask, do you really mean "any later version"?

> I think I did not get your point, could you explain it detailedly?

Unlike a lot of userspace projects the kernel is normally just licensed
under GPLv2 without the option to relicense with a later version so the
"...or any later version" is a bit unusual.  There is some controversy
about some of the changes in GPLv3.

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