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=-2.3 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no 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 50603C606AA for ; Mon, 8 Jul 2019 10:41:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 295BE20665 for ; Mon, 8 Jul 2019 10:41:23 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1562582483; bh=eDH3pC2pdqy2o7mwwWeHKRcJ5Id0sidmF+JzgAje81M=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=dT8DU6flJlLwQqpIayPyNtYAx+NdXQ5p4z5HsA5PfInePIP8LuTIRTtMuCtErhosI X4CwhqkijAOWUHr3ROIFJVbjzXubyy8fL5oAgUG7lEpgNOxDMYqEmQBmuyJsZQwFml Erh8K1VWv/6fHBzFsAW0cNsAkHskJFUb9uQkob1w= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1729402AbfGHKlW (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Jul 2019 06:41:22 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:49918 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725836AbfGHKlV (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Jul 2019 06:41:21 -0400 Received: from localhost (83-86-89-107.cable.dynamic.v4.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 88DF12053B; Mon, 8 Jul 2019 10:41:20 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1562582480; bh=eDH3pC2pdqy2o7mwwWeHKRcJ5Id0sidmF+JzgAje81M=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=FkxjZm4/Egog8b/JKQevoIihMFpGRZ08JcU4nzZoN2aj8lqwdsL5Nda2KH2Q92pIy afccnXpPvm8d3mSZ6GzTWaTJYAp9/I+AXsFDTILoCxatoBo5U3u+oM2O10A5Kb1a9D /BKYQDjReMbFD4NwO1VpUjLpkD6T0D4sj5vZ+PVs= Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2019 12:41:18 +0200 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Arend Van Spriel Cc: =?utf-8?B?UmFmYcWCIE1pxYJlY2tp?= , Kalle Valo , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , Thomas Gleixner , alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/7] brcmsmac: switch source files to using SPDX license identifier Message-ID: <20190708104118.GA10261@kroah.com> References: <1558008251-13692-1-git-send-email-arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com> <1558008251-13692-4-git-send-email-arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com> <20190516173113.GA540@kroah.com> <20190516200131.GA15814@kroah.com> <34aa04e4-9ddd-b6aa-721f-a20398f7740d@broadcom.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <34aa04e4-9ddd-b6aa-721f-a20398f7740d@broadcom.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.12.1 (2019-06-15) Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jul 08, 2019 at 12:07:43PM +0200, Arend Van Spriel wrote: > + Alan > > On 5/17/2019 8:07 PM, Rafał Miłecki wrote: > > > > > Another option could be MIT license which is in the preferred folder. > > > > > Will have to consult our legal department about it though. > > > > Hey, if your legal department is going to get asked this, why not just > > > > switch it to GPLv2? That would make everything much simpler. > > > Hah. Because I already know the answer to that.;-) > > It's not that obvious to me, sorry. Does your legal department require > > something more permissive than GPLv2? Is that worth asking them about > > dual-licensing? Something like > > GPL-2.0 OR MIT > > ? That assures driver is compatible with Linux, no matter what's the > > current lawyers interpretation of MIT vs. GPL 2.0. I believe Alan Cox > > once told/suggested that dual-licensing is safer for legal reasons. > > Hi Alan, > > Rafał mentioned your name a while ago when I was struggling with the SPDX > identifiers. The drivers sources I want to modify for this originally had a > license text in the header that matches ISC. However, > one of the files did not have that and it was marked in bulk to GPLv2. So > now the question is whether I can change it to ISC like the rest or should I > make it dual like Rafał suggested. > > Can you elaborate the pros and cons of dual license? You need to talk to your lawyers about that. Please ask this of them. thanks, greg k-h