linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 01/10] Add auxiliary bus support

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Date:   Thu, 5 Nov 2020 21:37:41 +0200
From:   Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>
To:     Pierre-Louis Bossart <pierre-louis.bossart@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     "Ertman, David M" <david.m.ertman@...el.com>,
        "Williams, Dan J" <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        "alsa-devel@...a-project.org" <alsa-devel@...a-project.org>,
        Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>, Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        linux-rdma <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>,
        Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>,
        Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Ranjani Sridharan <ranjani.sridharan@...ux.intel.com>,
        Fred Oh <fred.oh@...ux.intel.com>,
        Parav Pandit <parav@...lanox.com>,
        "Saleem, Shiraz" <shiraz.saleem@...el.com>,
        "Patil, Kiran" <kiran.patil@...el.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 01/10] Add auxiliary bus support

On Thu, Nov 05, 2020 at 01:32:40PM -0600, Pierre-Louis Bossart wrote:
>
> > > > +module_init(auxiliary_bus_init);
> > > > +module_exit(auxiliary_bus_exit);
> > > > +
> > > > +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> > >
> > > Per above SPDX is v2 only, so...
> > >
> > > MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
> > >
> >
> > added v2.
>
> "GPL v2" is the same as "GPL" here, it does not have any additional meaning.
>
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/license-rules.html
>
> “GPL”	Module is licensed under GPL version 2. This does not express any
> distinction between GPL-2.0-only or GPL-2.0-or-later. The exact license
> information can only be determined via the license information in the
> corresponding source files.

+1,
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20201105193009.GA5475@unreal

>
> “GPL v2”	Same as “GPL”. It exists for historic reasons.
>