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

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Message-ID: <20190815085649.GB5955@amd>
Date:   Thu, 15 Aug 2019 10:56:50 +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 10:44:06, Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 09:59:27AM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> It does not meet the stable rules, sorry, I'm not going to take it.

No problem, 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.
> 
> Feel free to discus it with the company who wrote the driver :)

I hope I got Cc list right, and they should be cce-ed.

Best regards,
								Pavel

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