Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751047AbWBFHAV (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Feb 2006 02:00:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751048AbWBFHAV (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Feb 2006 02:00:21 -0500 Received: from c-71-193-195-148.hsd1.or.comcast.net ([71.193.195.148]:23177 "EHLO vkl.ath.cx") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751046AbWBFHAU (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Feb 2006 02:00:20 -0500 Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2006 23:00:12 -0800 (PST) From: Dan McDonald X-X-Sender: dan@dan To: Arjan van de Ven cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [Fwd: [PATCH 8/12] LED: Add LED device support for ixp4xx devices] In-Reply-To: <1139202455.3131.56.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Message-ID: References: <1139154997.14624.20.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20060205192025.4006a554.akpm@osdl.org> <1139202455.3131.56.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1137 Lines: 31 On Mon, 6 Feb 2006, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > 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) It would be really nice, but that doesn't make the rights to any patents granted unless 'GPLv2 or any later version' is explicitly specified. The default GPL license is v2 and only v2. There was a bug thread about this on LKML earlier. Dan - 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/