linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: net: dp8386x: Add MIT license along with GPL-2.0

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Message-ID: <20240517-fastball-stable-9332cae850ea@spud>
Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 15:41:24 +0100
From: Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>
To: Udit Kumar <u-kumar1@...com>
Cc: vigneshr@...com, nm@...com, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
	kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, robh@...nel.org,
	krzk+dt@...nel.org, conor+dt@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Kip Broadhurst <kbroadhurst@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: net: dp8386x: Add MIT license along with
 GPL-2.0

On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 03:39:20PM +0100, Conor Dooley wrote:
> On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 04:12:26PM +0530, Udit Kumar wrote:
> > Modify license to include dual licensing as GPL-2.0-only OR MIT
> > license for TI specific phy header files. This allows for Linux
> > kernel files to be used in other Operating System ecosystems
> > such as Zephyr or FreeBSD.
> 
> What's wrong with BSD-2-Clause, why not use that?

I cut myself off, I meant to say:
What's wrong with BSD-2-Clause, the standard dual license for
bindings, why not use that?

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