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Date:   Wed, 30 Jan 2019 22:47:54 +0100 (CET)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To:     Alan Cox <alan@llwyncelyn.cymru>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] module: Cure the MODULE_LICENSE "GPL" vs. "GPL v2"
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On Wed, 30 Jan 2019, Alan Cox wrote:

> > > > +    "GPL and additional rights"   Historical variant of expressing that the
> > > > +				  module source is dual licensed under a
> > > > +				  GPL v2 variant and MIT license. Please do
> > > > +				  not use in new code.
> 
> Actually it was a historic fix for the fact that some slimeballs were
> going to use a proposed "BSD" tag and just ship binaries only whilst
> claiming that they were totally compliant with the BSD licence.

Ah, that is valuable information. I spent quite some time NOT to find it :)

Thanks,

	tglx