Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 30 Jan 2019 20:48:48 +0000 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH][RFC] module: Cure the MODULE_LICENSE "GPL" vs. "GPL v2" bogosity |
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> > > + "GPL and additional rights" Historical variant of expressing that the > > > + module source is dual licensed under a > > > + GPL v2 variant and MIT license. Please do > > > + not use in new code.
Actually it was a historic fix for the fact that some slimeballs were going to use a proposed "BSD" tag and just ship binaries only whilst claiming that they were totally compliant with the BSD licence.
Alan
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