linux-kernel - Re: [stable] Deleting "mt7621-mmc" with "interesting" license?

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Date:   Thu, 15 Aug 2019 09:59:27 +0200
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de>,
        kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, stable@...nel.org,
        matthias.bgg@...il.com, neil@...wn.name,
        thirtythreeforty@...il.com, christian@...mp.de,
        nishadkamdar@...il.com, ser.perschin@...il.com, blogic@...nwrt.org,
        jan.kiszka@...mens.com
Subject: Re: [stable] Deleting "mt7621-mmc" with "interesting" license?

On Thu 2019-08-15 09:51:32, Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 09:13:50AM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > Hi!
> > 
> > I realize that "interesting" license is not on a list of bugs suitable
> > for -stable, but on the other hand, this tends to scare corporate
> > lawyers... so perhaps we should remove the driver in -stable, too?
> > 
> > Upstream commit id is 441bf7332d55c4d34afae9ffc3bbec621093f4d1.
> > 
> > 4.19 has the problematic driver, 4.4 does not.
> 
> If a lawyer has issues with this, please just upgrade to the latest
> kernel release :)

We are talking this project:
https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/civilinfrastructureplatform/start .
Upgrading is not an option, but I can take the patch locally.

If someone has confirmation that "interesting" license is a mistake
and it is indeed GPL, that would be nice, too.

Best regards,

								Pavel
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DENX Software Engineering GmbH,      Managing Director: Wolfgang Denk
HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany

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