linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] staging: android: ion: Add the GPL exception for syscalls

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Date:   Thu, 14 Feb 2019 10:42:06 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Hyun Kwon <hyun.kwon@...inx.com>
Cc:     Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>,
        Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@...aro.org>,
        Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@...roid.com>,
        Todd Kjos <tkjos@...roid.com>,
        Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        Christian Brauner <christian@...uner.io>,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        linaro-mm-sig@...ts.linaro.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Martijn Coenen <maco@...roid.com>,
        Wendy Liang <jliang@...inx.com>,
        Michal Simek <michal.simek@...inx.com>,
        Cyril Chemparathy <cyrilc@...inx.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] staging: android: ion: Add the GPL exception for
 syscalls

On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 04:01:46PM -0800, Hyun Kwon wrote:
> Add "WITH Linux-syscall-note" to the license to not put GPL
> restrictions on user space programs using this header.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hyun Kwon <hyun.kwon@...inx.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/android/uapi/ion.h | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/uapi/ion.h b/drivers/staging/android/uapi/ion.h
> index 5d70098..46c93fc 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/android/uapi/ion.h
> +++ b/drivers/staging/android/uapi/ion.h
> @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
> -/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note */
>  /*
>   * drivers/staging/android/uapi/ion.h
>   *
> -- 
> 2.7.4
> 

Yes, that is the correct thing to do, let me go queue this up.

thanks,

greg k-h