linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 1/6] fieldbus_dev: add Fieldbus Device subsystem.

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Message-ID: <20190301133456.GA7456@amd>
Date:   Fri, 1 Mar 2019 14:34:56 +0100
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Andreas Färber <afaerber@...e.de>,
        Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
        Sven Van Asbroeck <thesven73@...il.com>, svendev@...x.com,
        robh+dt@...nel.org, linus.walleij@...aro.org, lee.jones@...aro.org,
        mark.rutland@....com, treding@...dia.com, david@...hnology.com,
        noralf@...nnes.org, johan@...nel.org, monstr@...str.eu,
        michal.vokac@...ft.com, arnd@...db.de, john.garry@...wei.com,
        geert+renesas@...der.be, robin.murphy@....com,
        sebastien.bourdelin@...oirfairelinux.com, icenowy@...c.io,
        stuyoder@...il.com, maxime.ripard@...tlin.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 1/6] fieldbus_dev: add Fieldbus Device subsystem.


> > > 
> > >> +
> > >> +MODULE_AUTHOR("Sven Van Asbroeck <TheSven73@...glemail.com>");
> > >> +MODULE_AUTHOR("Jonathan Stiles <jonathans@...x.com>");
> > >> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Fieldbus Device Driver Core");
> > >> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
> > 
> > Sven, as this code appears to be all by ArcX people, any chance you can
> > make it just GPL (SPDX GPL-2.0-or-later)? Only reason to have it v2-only
> 
> SPDX "GPL-2.0+" please.
> 
> > would be if this code was derived from v2-only code that can't be
> > relicensed anymore.
> 
> Are you _sure_ you want v2+?  I ask as I am forced to :)

And I find it pretty nasty. You are trying to push people away from
GPL V2+, which is not cool. Who is forcing you and why is that okay
thing to do? :-(.

									Pavel

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