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Date:   Tue, 5 Jun 2018 11:29:19 -0700
From:   Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
To:     Fabio Estevam <festevam@gmail.com>
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On Tue, Jun 05, 2018 at 03:16:40PM -0300, Fabio Estevam wrote:
> Hi Enric,
> 
> On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 3:14 PM, Enric Balletbo i Serra
> <enric.balletbo@collabora.com> wrote:
> 
> > Right, but the module license is set to GPL which means GNU Public License v2 or
> > later, see [1]. So, there is a mismatch. In such cases I assumed GPL-2.0+ as the
> > default. These mismatches are common so I think that should be fine for the
> > authors, if someone is disagree just let me know and I will change.
> 
> Ok, but I think you should add this explanation in the commit log to
> make it clearer.

If there is a conflict between the license notice and MODULE_LICENSE()
we should go by the license notice. The license note is usually approved
by companies, whereas MIODULE_LICENSE()s get moved, adjusted, etc.

For ChromeOS kernel changes license notice is GPL v2 as documented at:

https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/how-tos-and-troubleshooting/kernel-faq

section "Which copyright header should I use?"

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry