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Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] leds: trigger: Introduce an USB port trigger
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On 18 July 2016 at 07:40, Peter Chen <hzpeterchen@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 06:44:49AM +0200, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
>> On 18 July 2016 at 04:31, Peter Chen <hzpeterchen@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 11:10:45PM +0200, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
>> >> +
>> >> +usbport trigger:
>> >> +- usb-ports : List of USB ports that usbport should observed for turning on a
>> >> +           given LED.
>> >> +
>> >
>> > %s/should/should be
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>> >> diff --git a/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-usbport.c b/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-usbport.c
>> >> new file mode 100644
>> >> index 0000000..97b064c
>> >> --- /dev/null
>> >> +++ b/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-usbport.c
>> >> @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@
>> >> +/*
>> >> + * USB port LED trigger
>> >> + *
>> >> + * Copyright (C) 2016 Rafał Miłecki <rafal.milecki@gmail.com>
>> >> + *
>> >> + * 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.
>> >> + */
>> >
>> > GPL v2 only.
>> >
>> >> +MODULE_AUTHOR("Rafał Miłecki <rafal.milecki@gmail.com>");
>> >> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("USB port trigger");
>> >> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
>> >
>> > GPL v2
>>
>> What's the reason for this? I don't have any real preference, but I
>> never heard heard about kernel/Linux preference neither.
>>
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel

Well, Linux is released under GPL v2, I'm well aware of that. It means
all its code needs to be GPL v2 compatible. There are multiple
compatible licenses: MIT, BSD 3-clause, BSD 2-clause. The one I used
allows treating code as GPL V2 as well. I could release this code
using MIT and it should be acceptable as well.

I still don't see what's wrong with the picked license.

-- 
Rafał