linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 9/9] mfd: intel-m10-bmc: Change MODULE

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Date:   Sun, 4 Dec 2022 10:44:26 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     linux-fpga@...r.kernel.org, Xu Yilun <yilun.xu@...el.com>,
        Wu Hao <hao.wu@...el.com>, Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>,
        Moritz Fischer <mdf@...nel.org>, Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>,
        Matthew Gerlach <matthew.gerlach@...ux.intel.com>,
        Russ Weight <russell.h.weight@...el.com>,
        Tianfei zhang <tianfei.zhang@...el.com>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Marco Pagani <marpagan@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 9/9] mfd: intel-m10-bmc: Change MODULE_LICENSE() to GPL

On Fri, Dec 02, 2022 at 12:08:41PM +0200, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> "GPL v2" should not be used as MODULE_LICENSE(). "GPL" is enough, see
> commit bf7fbeeae6db ("module: Cure the MODULE_LICENSE "GPL" vs. "GPL
> v2" bogosity") for more details.

And that commit says that leaving "GPL v2" is just fine and dandy and
should not be an issue at all.

Please do not change the license for no good reason.  That commit is NOT
a good reason to change it at all.

so NAK on this patch, sorry.

greg k-h