Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 1 Mar 2019 15:24:35 +0100 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v7 1/6] fieldbus_dev: add Fieldbus Device subsystem. |
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On Fri, Mar 01, 2019 at 02:34:56PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote: > > > > > > > > >> + > > > >> +MODULE_AUTHOR("Sven Van Asbroeck <TheSven73@googlemail.com>"); > > > >> +MODULE_AUTHOR("Jonathan Stiles <jonathans@arcx.com>"); > > > >> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Fieldbus Device Driver Core"); > > > >> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2"); > > > > > > Sven, as this code appears to be all by ArcX people, any chance you can > > > make it just GPL (SPDX GPL-2.0-or-later)? Only reason to have it v2-only > > > > 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 :) > > And I find it pretty nasty. You are trying to push people away from > GPL V2+, which is not cool.
People do not usually realize what they are agreeing to when they say "or later" based on the discussions I always end up having.
Do you really trust that GPL v9 is going to look anything like v2? :)
Anyway, no big deal, just asking as it is good to be sure, especially when odds are, code for this was copied from non + code.
thanks,
greg k-h
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