linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] misc: hpilo: relicense HPE iLO driver as Dual MIT/GPL

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Message-Id: <98f186a3-6ba0-4690-8ed6-dd6f82403fb2@app.fastmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 16 Nov 2022 10:54:40 +0100
From:   "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@...db.de>
To:     "matt.hsiao" <matt.hsiao@....com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
        nishadkamdar@...il.com,
        "Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        dhaval.experiance@...il.com,
        "Alexander Viro" <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com, standby24x7@...il.com,
        wfp5p@...ginia.edu, jslaby@...e.cz, prarit@...hat.com,
        "Tejun Heo" <tj@...nel.org>, adobriyan@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] misc: hpilo: relicense HPE iLO driver as Dual MIT/GPL

On Wed, Nov 16, 2022, at 10:51, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 16, 2022, at 10:47, matt.hsiao@....com wrote:
>> From: Matt Hsiao <matt.hsiao@....com>
>>
>> Currently, the hpilo driver is licensed as GPL. To run OpenBSD on HPE
>> servers with BMC (HPE iLO) functionality, a dual MIT/GPL license is needed
>> for porting the hpilo driver to OpenBSD.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Matt Hsiao <matt.hsiao@....com>
>
> Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

To clarify: this is for the changes I did to this driver, they are
fairly minimal. I have not checked who else contributed here that
has to agree before the change can get applied.

      Arnd