netdev - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/3] xen-netback: fix license ident used in MODULE

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Message-Id: <20160122.130010.1969101813739677626.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 22 Jan 2016 13:00:10 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk
Cc:	ian.campbell@...rix.com, wei.liu2@...rix.com,
	david.vrabel@...rix.com, xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/3] xen-netback: fix license ident used in
 MODULE_LICENSE

From: One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 20:25:21 +0000

>> The fact what include/linux/license.h:license_is_gpl_compatible includes
>> "Dual MIT/GPL" as an option seems to suggest that it is enough of a thing
>> to be validly used as the contents of a MODULE_LICENSE() thing.
> 
> Yes. The MIT licence most definitely exists, and people know what it
> means.
> 
> Also nobody should be changing the licence on anything unless they have
> the written permission of all rights holders on record, so it's best to
> leave it be 8)

+1