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SubjectRe: [Device-mainlining] [PATCH v2 2/3] gadget: Introduce the usb charger framework
Hi!

> > > * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> > > * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
> > > * published by the Free Software Foundation.
> >
> > Please, keep it V2 or later, if you can. It makes sharing code with U-Boot (for
> > example) easier.
> >
> > There's long tradition of "V2 or later" code in the kernel.
>
> And there's even longer "v2 only" tradition as well. It's up to the
> person / company submitting the code to pick the license for it, let
> them make the decision please.

You wrote:

>> + *
>> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
>> + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
>> + * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
>> + * (at your option) any later version.
>
>I have to ask, do you really mean "any later version"?

Given that you are quite high-level maintainer, that does not sound exactly
like "let them make the decision". It sounds like a pressure to change the
license to the one you liked. WHy did you have to ask?

Pavel
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