linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] s390/virtio: mark headers as BSD licensed

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Date:   Wed, 8 Nov 2017 18:28:44 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
        Cornelia Huck <cohuck@...hat.com>,
        Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
        Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
        linux-s390@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] s390/virtio: mark headers as BSD licensed

On Wed, Nov 08, 2017 at 06:47:18PM +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> Virtio UAPI headers aren't just for UAPI, it's for guests/hypervisors as
> well.  The s390 ones need to be BSD as well.
> 
> Fixes: e2be04c7f995 ("License cleanup: add SPDX license identifier to uapi header files with a license")
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
> ---
> 
> Christian, I would appreciate your ack if you agree.

You are changing the license on this file, you can't just slap a BSD one
on the top, and have GPL below it without saying something about both
covering the file, right?



> 
>  arch/s390/include/uapi/asm/kvm_virtio.h | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  arch/s390/include/uapi/asm/virtio-ccw.h | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  2 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/s390/include/uapi/asm/kvm_virtio.h b/arch/s390/include/uapi/asm/kvm_virtio.h
> index 7328367..1773693 100644
> --- a/arch/s390/include/uapi/asm/kvm_virtio.h
> +++ b/arch/s390/include/uapi/asm/kvm_virtio.h
> @@ -1,4 +1,28 @@
> -/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note */

There is a dual-license SPDX identifier you can use, please use that, if
you agree to relicense this file.

thanks,

greg k-h