From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751926AbcF2Vof (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Jun 2016 17:44:35 -0400 Received: from lb2-smtp-cloud2.xs4all.net ([194.109.24.25]:36275 "EHLO lb2-smtp-cloud2.xs4all.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751589AbcF2Voe (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Jun 2016 17:44:34 -0400 Message-ID: <1467236613.26658.47.camel@tiscali.nl> Subject: Re: [PATCH] module.h: add copyleft-next >= 0.3.1 as GPL compatible From: Paul Bolle To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Cc: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, rusty@rustcorp.com.au, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ciaran.farrell@suse.com, christopher.denicolo@suse.com, fontana@sharpeleven.org, copyleft-next@lists.fedorahosted.org, gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, alan@linux.intel.com, tytso@mit.edu, hpa@zytor.com Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2016 23:43:33 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20160629190547.GB31219@wotan.suse.de> References: <1465929311-13509-1-git-send-email-mcgrof@kernel.org> <20160629190547.GB31219@wotan.suse.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.16.5 (3.16.5-3.fc22) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On wo, 2016-06-29 at 21:05 +0200, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > I haven't seen any objections or questions, so just a friendly *poke*. At the end of the day, what matters most is whether a module is GPL v2 compatible. So why are the specific license idents for the various GPL v2 compatible licenses actually needed? include/linux/module.h tells us: 1. So modinfo can show license info for users wanting to vet their setup is free 2. So the community can ignore bug reports including proprietary modules 3. So vendors can do likewise based on their own policies Does that require more than just two license idents ("GPL v2 compatible" and "Proprietary")? Paul Bolle