linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drm/tidss: Add MIT license along with GPL-2.0

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Message-ID: <87ed5oypeh.fsf@minerva.mail-host-address-is-not-set>
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 09:38:14 +0200
From: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
To: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...libre.com>, Danilo
 Krummrich
 <dakr@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/tidss: Add MIT license along with GPL-2.0

Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...libre.com> writes:

> Hello,
>
> On Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 10:47:31PM +0200, Danilo Krummrich wrote:
>> On 9/12/24 7:11 PM, Devarsh Thakkar wrote:
>> > Modify license to include dual licensing as GPL-2.0-only OR MIT license for
>> > tidss display driver. This allows other operating system ecosystems such as
>> > Zephyr and also the commercial firmwares to refer and derive code from this
>> > display driver in a more permissive manner.
>> > 
>> > Signed-off-by: Devarsh Thakkar <devarsht@...com>
>> 
>> My only contribution to this driver was through DRM refactorings,
>> but anyways:
>> 
>> Acked-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>
>
> Similar for me. I only touched one of the affected files with a
> refactoring change (34cdd1f691ade28abd36ce3cab8f9d442f43bf3f). I don't
> assume this gives me any copyright to that driver, but to simplify
> things:
>
> Acked-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...libre.com>
>

Similar for me too. My only change to this driver I think was to add DRM
panic support in commit b2cb6011bcaf ("drm/tidss: Add drm_panic support").

But I'm also OK with the change, so:

Acked-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>

-- 
Best regards,

Javier Martinez Canillas
Core Platforms
Red Hat