linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/7] regmap: sdw: use no_pm routines for SoundWire 1.2 MBQ

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Message-ID: <X8u147aZbdrj6qN7@kroah.com>
Date:   Sat, 5 Dec 2020 17:31:31 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Pierre-Louis Bossart <pierre-louis.bossart@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>,
        Bard Liao <yung-chuan.liao@...ux.intel.com>,
        alsa-devel@...a-project.org, tiwai@...e.de,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ranjani.sridharan@...ux.intel.com,
        hui.wang@...onical.com, broonie@...nel.org,
        srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org, jank@...ence.com,
        sanyog.r.kale@...el.com, rander.wang@...ux.intel.com,
        bard.liao@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/7] regmap: sdw: use no_pm routines for SoundWire 1.2 MBQ

On Sat, Dec 05, 2020 at 08:52:50AM -0600, Pierre-Louis Bossart wrote:
> 
> > >   MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Regmap SoundWire MBQ Module");
> > > -MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
> > > +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> > 
> > Why do you want to change this ?
> 
> We only use MODULE_LICENSE("GPL") for new contributions since 'GPL v2' does
> not bring any information on the license, is equivalent to 'GPL' and only
> exists for 'historical reasons', see
> 
> 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.
> 
> “GPL v2”	Same as “GPL”. It exists for historic reasons.
> 
> We should have used 'GPL' in the initial regmap MBQ patch but didn't for
> some reason, this change just realigns with what we intended.
> 
> That said, this is unrelated to this no_pm patch so could be in a separate
> one if you preferred it that way.

It should be separate as it does not have anything to do with the real
reason this patch was submitted.

thanks,

greg k-h