Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751087AbcCEXxq (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Mar 2016 18:53:46 -0500 Received: from mail-wm0-f65.google.com ([74.125.82.65]:36234 "EHLO mail-wm0-f65.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750836AbcCEXxk (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Mar 2016 18:53:40 -0500 User-Agent: K-9 Mail for Android In-Reply-To: <20160305193913.GA9852@kroah.com> References: <1456947640-20673-1-git-send-email-eu@felipetonello.com> <1456947640-20673-5-git-send-email-eu@felipetonello.com> <17F55117-7DFB-4EE9-811C-7C1BAEA1D09C@felipetonello.com> <20160305193913.GA9852@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] usb: gadget: f_midi: cleanups and typos fixes From: Felipe Ferreri Tonello Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2016 23:53:35 +0000 To: Greg KH , Michal Nazarewicz CC: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Felipe Balbi , Clemens Ladisch Message-ID: <67978B12-052E-4F39-8E8E-4CFD4A664717@felipetonello.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1335 Lines: 37 Hi Greg, On March 5, 2016 7:39:13 PM GMT+00:00, Greg KH wrote: >On Sat, Mar 05, 2016 at 11:28:45AM -0500, Michal Nazarewicz wrote: >> >> On Wed, Mar 02 2016, Felipe F. Tonello wrote: >> >>> @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ >> >>> * Copyright (C) 2006 Thumtronics Pty Ltd. >> >>> * Ben Williamson >> >>> * >> >>> - * Licensed under the GPL-2 or later. >> >>> + * Licensed under the GPLv2. >> >> > On March 4, 2016 7:17:31 PM GMT+00:00, Michal Nazarewicz > wrote: >> >> Any particular reason to do that? >> >> On Fri, Mar 04 2016, Felipe Ferreri Tonello wrote: >> > Because the kernel is v2 only and not later. >> >> Linux as a whole is GPLv2 only, but that doesn’t necessarily mean >that >> parts of it cannot be dual licensed (or GPLv2+). It’s safer to leave >> copyright noticed clear unless you explicitly want your contribution >be >> GPLv2 only which brings the whole file GPLv2 only. > >But you can't change the license of someone else's code, which is what >is happening here. Felipe T, you can't do that at all unless you want >to get into big trouble, please consult a lawyer for all of the gory >details. Thanks for letting me know. TBH, I had no idea about it. Felipe -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.