Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750950AbWBFFIx (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Feb 2006 00:08:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750990AbWBFFIx (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Feb 2006 00:08:53 -0500 Received: from vbn.0050556.lodgenet.net ([216.142.194.234]:59788 "EHLO vbn.0050556.lodgenet.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750946AbWBFFIw (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Feb 2006 00:08:52 -0500 Subject: Re: [Fwd: [PATCH 8/12] LED: Add LED device support for ixp4xx devices] From: Arjan van de Ven To: Andrew Morton Cc: Richard Purdie , jbowler@acm.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20060205192025.4006a554.akpm@osdl.org> References: <1139154997.14624.20.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20060205192025.4006a554.akpm@osdl.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 06:07:34 +0100 Message-Id: <1139202455.3131.56.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 934 Lines: 24 On Sun, 2006-02-05 at 19:20 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > Richard Purdie wrote: > > > > +MODULE_AUTHOR("John Bowler "); > > +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("IXP4XX GPIO LED driver"); > > +MODULE_LICENSE("MIT"); > > MIT license is unusual. There's one other file in the kernel which uses it > and that's down in MTD where nobody dares look. > > I don't know whether MIT is GPL-compatible-for-kernel-purposes or not. Help. would be really nice if the author would at least dual license it under the GPL as well (and thus also granting the patent rights if any); in which case it's a clear "GPL when used with linux, but optionally MIT if used outside linux") - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/