linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 05/13] pinctrl: Add Microsemi Ocelot SoC driver

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Date:   Fri, 15 Dec 2017 08:59:15 +0100
From:   Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@...b.com>
To:     Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Cc:     Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
        Linux MIPS <linux-mips@...ux-mips.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 05/13] pinctrl: Add Microsemi Ocelot SoC driver

Alexandre, Linux

On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 12:53 AM, Linus Walleij
<linus.walleij@...aro.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 10:23 AM, Philippe Ombredanne
> <pombredanne@...b.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 9:15 AM, Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org> wrote:
>>>> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0 OR MIT)
>>>
>>> Wow never saw that before. OK I guess.
>>
>> That's the new thing. Less legalese boilerplate, and more code for the
>> better IMHO.
>>
>> You can check the doc patches from Thomas for details [1]
>>
>> [1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/12/4/934
>
> Yeah I'm aware of this part, but I didn't see that combined license
> before.
>
> What is the reason for not just using GPL 2 here?

Linus,
That'a a question for Alexandre that submitted this patch in the first
place, not me.

Alexandre?

-- 
Cordially
Philippe Ombredanne