linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v8 1/4] rpmb: add Replay Protected Memory Block (RPMB) subsystem

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Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 13:06:48 +0000
From: "Winkler, Tomas" <tomas.winkler@...el.com>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC: Jens Wiklander <jens.wiklander@...aro.org>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org"
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	<alex.bennee@...aro.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v8 1/4] rpmb: add Replay Protected Memory Block (RPMB)
 subsystem



> 
> On Tue, Aug 13, 2024 at 12:04:03PM +0000, Winkler, Tomas wrote:
> > >
> > > On Tue, Aug 13, 2024 at 01:26:18PM +0200, Jens Wiklander wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Aug 13, 2024 at 11:29 AM Greg Kroah-Hartman
> > > > <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, Aug 12, 2024 at 03:31:24PM +0200, Jens Wiklander wrote:
> > > > > > --- /dev/null
> > > > > > +++ b/drivers/misc/rpmb-core.c
> > > > > > @@ -0,0 +1,233 @@
> > > > > > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> > > > >
> > > > > Fine, but:
> > > > >
> > > > > > --- /dev/null
> > > > > > +++ b/include/linux/rpmb.h
> > > > > > @@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
> > > > > > +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause OR GPL-2.0 */
> > > > >
> > > > > Really?
> > > > >
> > > > > Why?  I need lots of documentation and a lawyer sign off for why
> > > > > this is a dual license for a file that is obviously only for
> > > > > internal Linux kernel stuff.
> >
> > This was legal approved.
> 
> This internal Linux kernel header file for an internal-only Linux kernel api?
> Wonderful, please get the Intel lawyer who agreed with that to sign off on
> the commit next time around explaining why it needs to be this way.
> 
This was few years ago, and there was few versions of this patchest, 
 but it looks like Jens is right, as he wrote in another email my final submission was with GPL-2.0 only. 

Thanks
Tomas