Messages in this thread | | | From | Sven Van Asbroeck <> | Date | Thu, 24 Jan 2019 13:07:58 -0500 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v7 1/6] fieldbus_dev: add Fieldbus Device subsystem. |
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On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 1:52 PM Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > > SPDX "GPL-2.0+" please. > > > would be if this code was derived from v2-only code that can't be > > relicensed anymore. > > Are you _sure_ you want v2+? I ask as I am forced to :) >
The licencing choice confuses me. Why would I choose a different licence to what the Linux kernel itself is provided under? If I did pick a different one, what are the tradeoffs between GPLv2 and GPLv2+ ?
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