linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/31] staging: wfx: fix HIF API license

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Message-ID: <877db3ua68.fsf@kernel.org>
Date:   Thu, 13 Jan 2022 13:50:23 +0200
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
To:     Jerome Pouiller <Jerome.Pouiller@...abs.com>
Cc:     devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/31] staging: wfx: fix HIF API license

Jerome Pouiller <Jerome.Pouiller@...abs.com> writes:

> From: Jérôme Pouiller <jerome.pouiller@...abs.com>
>
> Apache-2.0 is not allowed in the kernel.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jérôme Pouiller <jerome.pouiller@...abs.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/wfx/hif_api_cmd.h     | 2 +-
>  drivers/staging/wfx/hif_api_general.h | 2 +-
>  drivers/staging/wfx/hif_api_mib.h     | 2 +-
>  3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/wfx/hif_api_cmd.h b/drivers/staging/wfx/hif_api_cmd.h
> index b0aa13b23a51..b1829d01a5d9 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/wfx/hif_api_cmd.h
> +++ b/drivers/staging/wfx/hif_api_cmd.h
> @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
> -/* SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 */
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only or Apache-2.0 */

Is the Apache-2.0 license really mandatory? LICENSES/dual/Apache-2.0 is
not really supportive.

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