From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932141AbdJWLq2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Oct 2017 07:46:28 -0400 Received: from mga14.intel.com ([192.55.52.115]:56909 "EHLO mga14.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751614AbdJWLq1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Oct 2017 07:46:27 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.43,422,1503385200"; d="scan'208";a="166391695" Message-ID: <1508759178.29460.1.camel@linux.intel.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/14] soundwire: Add SoundWire bus type From: Alan Cox To: Greg Kroah-Hartman , Vinod Koul Cc: LKML , ALSA , Mark , Takashi , Pierre , Sanyog Kale , Shreyas NC , patches.audio@intel.com, Charles Keepax , Sagar Dharia , srinivas.kandagatla@linaro.org, plai@codeaurora.org, Sudheer Papothi Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 12:46:18 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20171020162123.GA4538@kroah.com> References: <1508382211-3154-1-git-send-email-vinod.koul@intel.com> <1508382211-3154-3-git-send-email-vinod.koul@intel.com> <20171020104528.GC3210@kroah.com> <20171020160134.GT30097@localhost> <20171020162123.GA4538@kroah.com> Organization: Intel Corporation Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.22.6 (3.22.6-2.fc25) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > > And why dual license something that will only ever work on Linux? > > > > We have non Linux users (mostly RTOS folks) which we would like to > > support > > with as much as common code. > > Note, you need to be VERY CAREFUL about doing this.  You need to have > all sorts of infrastructure set up and in place and paperwork up the > wazoo in order to make it work properly. Intel knows that. We have processes in place. We've been doing it for years (ACPI, Graphics, ..) > In the end, I can almost guarantee it will not be worth the extra > hassle and effort you are trying to do here. We don't think that is the case, and I'd imagine the NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Dragonfly and other projects probably also prefer our approach. Seriously, go talk to your managers and corporate lawyer about this, you are in for a world of hurt if you want to do this in a way that actually works (i.e. doesn't just degrade to GPLv2 only instantly.) It's far from the only project we do this with for at least the core OS independent parts of the driver. Alan From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alan Cox Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/14] soundwire: Add SoundWire bus type Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 12:46:18 +0100 Message-ID: <1508759178.29460.1.camel@linux.intel.com> References: <1508382211-3154-1-git-send-email-vinod.koul@intel.com> <1508382211-3154-3-git-send-email-vinod.koul@intel.com> <20171020104528.GC3210@kroah.com> <20171020160134.GT30097@localhost> <20171020162123.GA4538@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Return-path: Received: from mga11.intel.com (mga11.intel.com [192.55.52.93]) by alsa0.perex.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31302266A73 for ; Mon, 23 Oct 2017 13:46:28 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <20171020162123.GA4538@kroah.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org Sender: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org To: Greg Kroah-Hartman , Vinod Koul Cc: ALSA , Charles Keepax , Sudheer Papothi , Takashi , plai@codeaurora.org, LKML , Pierre , patches.audio@intel.com, Mark , srinivas.kandagatla@linaro.org, Shreyas NC , Sanyog Kale , Sagar Dharia List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org PiA+ID4gQW5kIHdoeSBkdWFsIGxpY2Vuc2Ugc29tZXRoaW5nIHRoYXQgd2lsbCBvbmx5IGV2ZXIg d29yayBvbiBMaW51eD8KPiA+IAo+ID4gV2UgaGF2ZSBub24gTGludXggdXNlcnMgKG1vc3RseSBS VE9TIGZvbGtzKSB3aGljaCB3ZSB3b3VsZCBsaWtlIHRvCj4gPiBzdXBwb3J0Cj4gPiB3aXRoIGFz IG11Y2ggYXMgY29tbW9uIGNvZGUuCj4gCj4gTm90ZSwgeW91IG5lZWQgdG8gYmUgVkVSWSBDQVJF RlVMIGFib3V0IGRvaW5nIHRoaXMuwqDCoFlvdSBuZWVkIHRvIGhhdmUKPiBhbGwgc29ydHMgb2Yg aW5mcmFzdHJ1Y3R1cmUgc2V0IHVwIGFuZCBpbiBwbGFjZSBhbmQgcGFwZXJ3b3JrIHVwIHRoZQo+ IHdhem9vIGluIG9yZGVyIHRvIG1ha2UgaXQgd29yayBwcm9wZXJseS4KCkludGVsIGtub3dzIHRo YXQuIFdlIGhhdmUgcHJvY2Vzc2VzIGluIHBsYWNlLiBXZSd2ZSBiZWVuIGRvaW5nIGl0IGZvcgp5 ZWFycyAoQUNQSSwgR3JhcGhpY3MsIC4uKQoKPiBJbiB0aGUgZW5kLCBJIGNhbiBhbG1vc3QgZ3Vh cmFudGVlIGl0IHdpbGwgbm90IGJlIHdvcnRoIHRoZSBleHRyYQo+IGhhc3NsZSBhbmQgZWZmb3J0 IHlvdSBhcmUgdHJ5aW5nIHRvIGRvIGhlcmUuCgpXZSBkb24ndCB0aGluayB0aGF0IGlzIHRoZSBj YXNlLCBhbmQgSSdkIGltYWdpbmUgdGhlIE5ldEJTRCwgRnJlZUJTRCwKT3BlbkJTRCwgRHJhZ29u Zmx5IGFuZCBvdGhlciBwcm9qZWN0cyBwcm9iYWJseSBhbHNvIHByZWZlciBvdXIKYXBwcm9hY2gu CgpTZXJpb3VzbHksIGdvIHRhbGsgdG8geW91ciBtYW5hZ2VycyBhbmQgY29ycG9yYXRlIGxhd3ll ciBhYm91dCB0aGlzLAp5b3UgYXJlIGluIGZvciBhIHdvcmxkIG9mIGh1cnQgaWYgeW91IHdhbnQg dG8gZG8gdGhpcyBpbiBhIHdheSB0aGF0CmFjdHVhbGx5IHdvcmtzIChpLmUuIGRvZXNuJ3QganVz dCBkZWdyYWRlIHRvIEdQTHYyIG9ubHkgaW5zdGFudGx5LikKCkl0J3MgZmFyIGZyb20gdGhlIG9u bHkgcHJvamVjdCB3ZSBkbyB0aGlzIHdpdGggZm9yIGF0IGxlYXN0IHRoZSBjb3JlIE9TCmluZGVw ZW5kZW50IHBhcnRzIG9mIHRoZSBkcml2ZXIuCgpBbGFuCgpfX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19f X19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fXwpBbHNhLWRldmVsIG1haWxpbmcgbGlzdApBbHNhLWRl dmVsQGFsc2EtcHJvamVjdC5vcmcKaHR0cDovL21haWxtYW4uYWxzYS1wcm9qZWN0Lm9yZy9tYWls bWFuL2xpc3RpbmZvL2Fsc2EtZGV2ZWwK