From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.6 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D46EC282DB for ; Mon, 21 Jan 2019 08:01:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF131214C6 for ; Mon, 21 Jan 2019 08:01:44 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1548057705; bh=9SWjkjqwgi1ZCdmGJA4NlfIkPiIjZnJawI/FCgxHItw=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=pe0RnthZGdyjvtM8LvxaTEcpG3vsz5bEsnhmZRpBskW/a60vFxk4+Aby41/YnPIY+ 8uuo70MHLvex6d2UfzMQaZW3Ug213jYeSY63hX5bPlQJWf0LzXAnICqVc/fmzSD3aa slABex0yS/ztpB8ewlkR8QlTd1UQcjT17IVdlzl0= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1729158AbfAUIBn (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jan 2019 03:01:43 -0500 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:43946 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1729020AbfAUIBm (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jan 2019 03:01:42 -0500 Received: from localhost (5356596B.cm-6-7b.dynamic.ziggo.nl [83.86.89.107]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 858E620823; Mon, 21 Jan 2019 08:01:41 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1548057702; bh=9SWjkjqwgi1ZCdmGJA4NlfIkPiIjZnJawI/FCgxHItw=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=QILGcOr+7ba/55l5XXJy6EfX1F8Uyz+vQo1Lff91vTiTBneXhJQYY6Q90Zk9b/K2b YYdXzGyvK8/vHBAganJAPpRSn1zEyCkxsagN6Bmdm8sfG3ZAlD6fNnZipgLANbCRkx a0AdLisgAUtF53k7HMmQ6q/2Op+g+uo0MPrTOTTs= Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 09:01:39 +0100 From: Greg KH To: Thomas Gleixner Cc: LKML , Kate Stewart Subject: Re: [BUG] USB: atm: Licensing conflict Message-ID: <20190121080139.GB29934@kroah.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.11.2 (2019-01-07) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 11:53:18AM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > The addition of SPDX identifiers to the USB subsystem introduced a license > conflict. The driver is dual licensed under GPL v2 and BSD 2 clause > according to the license texts in the file. But even the GPL v2 licensing > of this driver is ambiguous: > > * This software is available to you under a choice of one of two > * licenses. You may choose to be licensed under the terms of the GNU > * General Public License (GPL) Version 2, available from the file > * COPYING in the main directory of this source tree, or the > > This points to the kernel license which is GPL v2 only. > > * BSD license below: > * > * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without > * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions > * are met: > * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright > * notice [unmodified], this list of conditions, and the following > * disclaimer. > * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright > * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the > * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. > * > * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND > * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE > * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE > * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE > * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL > * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS > * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) > * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT > * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY > * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF > * SUCH DAMAGE. > > This is clearly a BSD 2 Clause license and not BSD 3 Clause > > * GPL license : > * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or > * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License > * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 > * of the License, or (at your option) any later version. > > And here the license is GPL V2 or later. > > Some detective work is due ... Yes, this is on my todo list to fix up, thanks for reminding me of the problems here. greg k-h > > Thanks, > > tglx