netdev - Re: [PATCH] net/ethernet: Fix full name of the GPL

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Message-ID: <2458285.UPXgfWZGIM@prancing-pony>
Date:   Mon, 23 Jan 2023 16:26:56 +0100
From:   Diederik de Haas <didi.debian@...ow.org>
To:     Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Sam Creasey <sammy@...my.net>,
        "open list:8390 NETWORK DRIVERS [WD80x3/SMC-ELITE, SMC-ULT..." 
        <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/ethernet: Fix full name of the GPL

On Monday, 23 January 2023 11:15:59 CET Simon Horman wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 22, 2023 at 07:25:32PM +0100, Diederik de Haas wrote:
> > Signed-off-by: Diederik de Haas <didi.debian@...ow.org>
> > ---
> > 
> >  drivers/net/ethernet/8390/mac8390.c      | 2 +-
> >  drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/sun3_82586.c | 2 +-
> >  drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/sun3_82586.h | 2 +-
> >  3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> as we are here would it be better to just move to an SPDX header instead?

Hi Simon,

Yes it would be better to move to SPDX header(s) instead.
But I now think [1] that I would be (technically) changing the license and I'm 
not in a position to do that.
While it may be reasonable to *assume* that GNU General Public License was 
meant, I think that's not enough when it comes to legal/license issues.

So please disregard my patch submission and apologies for the noise.

Regards,
  Diederik

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/2281101.Yu7Ql3qPJb@prancing-pony/
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