linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V1] rtc: GPL copyright inconsistency fix

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Date:	Sat, 3 Oct 2015 17:27:28 +0200
From:	Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>
To:	Steve Twiss <stwiss.opensource@...semi.com>
Cc:	Allessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>,
	David Dajun Chen <david.chen@...semi.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	RTC <rtc-linux@...glegroups.com>,
	Support Opensource <support.opensource@...semi.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V1] rtc: GPL copyright inconsistency fix

On 02/10/2015 at 11:21:11 +0100, Steve Twiss wrote :
> From: Steve Twiss <stwiss.opensource@...semi.com>
> 
> Fix misleading and inconsistent copyright header wording.
> 
> Alter the copyright header text and MODULE_LICENSE macro to ensure the
> GPL v2 licence description is correctly represented.
> 
> It will remove the incorrectly LGPL worded text. Words such as "Library"
> from the line "GNU Library General Public License"; and replace the word
> "library" with "program" in several other places.
> 
> The copyright should match the GPL v2 description as specified in the GNU
> license found here: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
> 
> It should also match this copyright text with the correct MODULE_LICENSE
> macro text as found in the kernel: include/linux/module.h
> In this case "GNU Public License v2 or later" is linked with "GPL".
> 

I would have though diasemi would stick to GPL 2 only.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Steve Twiss <stwiss.opensource@...semi.com>
> 
> ---
> 
> This patch applies against linux-next and v4.3-rc3 
> 
> 
> 
>  drivers/rtc/rtc-da9063.c | 18 +++++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
Applied, thanks.

-- 
Alexandre Belloni, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
http://free-electrons.com
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