Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Wed, 4 Oct 2023 08:11:13 +0200 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v4 13/15] uapi: hyperv: Add mshv driver headers defining hypervisor ABIs |
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On Tue, Oct 03, 2023 at 11:29:42PM +0000, Wei Liu wrote: > > > > > diff --git a/include/uapi/hyperv/hvgdk.h b/include/uapi/hyperv/hvgdk.h > > > > > new file mode 100644 > > > > > index 000000000000..9bcbb7d902b2 > > > > > --- /dev/null > > > > > +++ b/include/uapi/hyperv/hvgdk.h > > > > > @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ > > > > > +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT */ > > > > That's usually not a good license for a new uapi .h file, why did you > > > > choose this one? > > > > > > > > > > This is chosen so that other Microsoft developers who don't normally > > > work on Linux can review this code. > > > > Sorry, but that's not how kernel development is done. Please fix your > > internal review processes and use the correct uapi header file license. > > > > If your lawyers insist on this license, that's fine, but please have > > them provide a signed-off-by on the patch that adds it and have it > > documented why it is this license in the changelog AND in a comment in > > the file so we can understand what is going on with it. > > > > We went through an internal review with our legal counsel regarding the > MIT license. We have an approval from them. > > Let me ask if using something like "GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note OR > MIT" is possible.
That marking makes no sense from a legal point of view, please work with your lawyers as it seems they do not understand license descriptions very well :(
thanks,
greg k-h
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