linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v2 2/2] drivers: misc: adi-axi-tdd: Add TDD engine

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Message-ID: <BN7PR03MB4545A3D034EADD59A3C66B0997C1A@BN7PR03MB4545.namprd03.prod.outlook.com>
Date:   Thu, 28 Sep 2023 14:05:20 +0000
From:   "Balas, Eliza" <Eliza.Balas@...log.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:     Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
        Derek Kiernan <derek.kiernan@....com>,
        Dragan Cvetic <dragan.cvetic@....com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v2 2/2] drivers: misc: adi-axi-tdd: Add TDD engine

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2023 15:23
> To: Balas, Eliza <Eliza.Balas@...log.com>
> Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>; Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>; Conor Dooley
> <conor+dt@...nel.org>; Derek Kiernan <derek.kiernan@....com>; Dragan Cvetic <dragan.cvetic@....com>; Arnd Bergmann
> <arnd@...db.de>; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; devicetree@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] drivers: misc: adi-axi-tdd: Add TDD engine
> 
> [External]
> 
> On Thu, Sep 28, 2023 at 12:28:04PM +0300, Eliza Balas wrote:
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/drivers/misc/adi-axi-tdd.c
> > @@ -0,0 +1,780 @@
> > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-3-Clause)
> 
> License comment, why is this dual licensed?  You are calling
> gpl-only-marked functions in this driver so attempting to say it is also
> BSD is quite odd, how are you going to resolve that?
> 
> Has a lawyer agreed with this licensing?
> 
> Please get a lawyer to sign off on your next contribution of this with a
> dual license to ensure that they agree and that you all fully understand
> the legal issues and complexity of attempting to have dual-licensed
> Linux kernel code (hint, it's not as simple as you might think...)
> 
> And document in the changelog _why_ you want this to be dual licensed so
> that we can all review that as well.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h

Hello Greg,

Thank you for the review. I will make the changes to use GPL-2.0 license, and not dual license.

Best regards,
Eliza