netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] net/usb: new driver for RTL8152

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Message-Id: <20130502.133215.2146231670932106380.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 02 May 2013 13:32:15 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:	hayeswang@...ltek.com, oliver@...kum.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	nic_swsd@...ltek.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] net/usb: new driver for RTL8152

From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Date: Thu, 2 May 2013 07:12:39 -0700

> On Fri, May 03, 2013 at 03:48:07AM +0800, Hayes Wang wrote:
>> +#define PATENTS		"This product is covered by one or more of the " \
>> +			"following patents:\n" \
>> +			"\t\tUS6,570,884, US6,115,776, and US6,327,625.\n"
> 
> Interesting, you are aware of the issues involved with patents and GPLv2
> code, right?  Do you have a pointer to the GPLv2 patent release that is
> now required, or does your company now release all of the needed rights
> for these patents to be able to be used by everyone?

There is no way I'm applying a patch that adds notices like this to the
kernel log.
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