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From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@frijolero.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] module: Clarify GPL-Compatible is OK
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On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 5:51 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@frijolero.org> wrote:

> 4) Use the patch and leave it to the person who wants to extract code
> to figure out the exact module license.

After some though I think this is the only approach possible. Consider
ath5k which has files under difference licenses:

  * Dual BSD/GPL
  * GPL
  * ISC

The person taking code must check the header of each file.

  Luis