Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 5 Dec 2020 17:31:31 +0100 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 5/7] regmap: sdw: use no_pm routines for SoundWire 1.2 MBQ |
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On Sat, Dec 05, 2020 at 08:52:50AM -0600, Pierre-Louis Bossart wrote: > > > > MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Regmap SoundWire MBQ Module"); > > > -MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2"); > > > +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); > > > > Why do you want to change this ? > > We only use MODULE_LICENSE("GPL") for new contributions since 'GPL v2' does > not bring any information on the license, is equivalent to 'GPL' and only > exists for 'historical reasons', see > > https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/license-rules.html > > > “GPL” Module is licensed under GPL version 2. This does not express any > distinction between GPL-2.0-only or GPL-2.0-or-later. The exact license > information can only be determined via the license information in the > corresponding source files. > > “GPL v2” Same as “GPL”. It exists for historic reasons. > > We should have used 'GPL' in the initial regmap MBQ patch but didn't for > some reason, this change just realigns with what we intended. > > That said, this is unrelated to this no_pm patch so could be in a separate > one if you preferred it that way.
It should be separate as it does not have anything to do with the real reason this patch was submitted.
thanks,
greg k-h
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