Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751335AbcCFDCY (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Mar 2016 22:02:24 -0500 Received: from out5-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.29]:47125 "EHLO out5-smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751116AbcCFDCW (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Mar 2016 22:02:22 -0500 X-Sasl-enc: fxUG3xxAv3O7Zv3aMrwyJgIhXMSGOKXqnCCS9onXHBoM 1457233341 Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2016 19:02:18 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Felipe Ferreri Tonello Cc: Michal Nazarewicz , linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Felipe Balbi , Clemens Ladisch Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] usb: gadget: f_midi: cleanups and typos fixes Message-ID: <20160306030218.GC25405@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> <67978B12-052E-4F39-8E8E-4CFD4A664717@felipetonello.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <67978B12-052E-4F39-8E8E-4CFD4A664717@felipetonello.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1605 Lines: 39 On Sat, Mar 05, 2016 at 11:53:35PM +0000, Felipe Ferreri Tonello wrote: > 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. Never change a copyright or a license if you don't know exactly what you are doing, or why you are doing it, and have consulted with a lawyer beforehand. The issues here are real, don't take them lightly. greg k-h