linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: appletalk: remove cops support

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Message-ID: <20231004115220.5c3776eb@kernel.org>
Date:   Wed, 4 Oct 2023 11:52:20 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-spdx@...r.kernel.org, Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>, jschlst@...ba.org,
        Doug Brown <doug@...morgal.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: appletalk: remove cops support

On Wed, 27 Sep 2023 11:00:30 +0200 Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> The COPS Appletalk support is very old, never said to actually work
> properly, and the firmware code for the devices are under a very suspect
> license.  Remove it all to clear up the license issue, if it is still
> needed and actually used by anyone, we can add it back later once the
> license is cleared up.

Nice, Doug and Arnd also mentioned this in the past so let me add
them to the CC as I apply this...