From: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>
To: Sam Shih <sam.shih@mediatek.com>,
Ryder Lee <ryder.lee@kernel.org>, Stephen Boyd <sboyd@kernel.org>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org,
kernel-janitors <kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: GPL-1.0-licensed code for files drivers/clk/mediatek/clk-mt7986* included with commit ec97d23c8e22 ("clk: mediatek: add mt7986 clock support")
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2022 10:56:58 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAKXUXMy8ywQXqqmOvvm9wKL_ikixRJOFgCcgu4OdPUPhjq6MhA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
Dear Sam,
Thanks for contributing the mt7986 clock support to the kernel
repository with commit ec97d23c8e22 ("clk: mediatek: add mt7986 clock
support").
You have marked the files below with the GPL-1.0 License, which
./scripts/spdxcheck.py identifies and warns about:
drivers/clk/mediatek/clk-mt7986-apmixed.c: 1:28 Invalid License ID: GPL-1.0
drivers/clk/mediatek/clk-mt7986-infracfg.c: 1:28 Invalid License ID: GPL-1.0
drivers/clk/mediatek/clk-mt7986-topckgen.c: 1:28 Invalid License ID: GPL-1.0
The kernel's licensing rules are described here:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/license-rules.html#kernel-licensing
The GPL-1.0 is a deprecated license in the kernel repository.
Driver code that is licensed with GPL-1.0 might not be compatible with
GPL-2.0. I am not a lawyer, and we probably do not want to require all
users of your driver code to needlessly involve a lawyer to get such a
statement on license compatibility.
Do you really intend to license this code under GPL-1.0 and are you
aware of all the consequences for other developers and users? Or is
this a mistake and you intend to license it under the kernel's
standard GPL-2.0 license?
Best regards,
Lukas
next reply other threads:[~2022-01-10 9:57 UTC|newest]
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2022-01-10 9:56 Lukas Bulwahn [this message]
2022-01-10 12:12 ` GPL-1.0-licensed code for files drivers/clk/mediatek/clk-mt7986* included with commit ec97d23c8e22 ("clk: mediatek: add mt7986 clock support") Sam Shih
2022-01-14 1:43 ` Stephen Boyd
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