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Date:   Sun, 13 Jun 2021 10:42:38 -0700
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
To:     Wilken Gottwalt <wilken.gottwalt@posteo.net>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] hwmon: corsair-psu: fix suspend behavior
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On Sun, Jun 13, 2021 at 02:06:34PM +0000, Wilken Gottwalt wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Jun 2021 04:05:14 -0700
> Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Jun 04, 2021 at 05:17:11AM +0000, Wilken Gottwalt wrote:
> > > On Thu, 3 Jun 2021 09:05:33 -0700
> > > Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > On Thu, Jun 03, 2021 at 11:51:02AM +0000, Wilken Gottwalt wrote:
> > > > > During standby some PSUs turn off the microcontroller. A re-init is
> > > > > required during resume or the microcontroller stays unresponsive.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Fixes: d115b51e0e56 ("hwmon: add Corsair PSU HID controller driver")
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Wilken Gottwalt <wilken.gottwalt@posteo.net>
> > > > 
> > > > Applied.
> > > 
> > > Thank you. Though I have an odd question. I would like to change the licensing to
> > > a dual license (GPL/MPL) to support the LibreHardwareMonitor project. They want
> > > to use my code but use a MPL license. What would be the best way to do this?
> > 
> > Submit a patch which would need an Acked-by: from everyone who contributed
> > to the driver. As far as I can see, that would be Wan Jiabing
> > <wanjiabing@vivo.com>, Jack Doan <me@jackdoan.com>, and Colin Ian King
> > <colin.king@canonical.com>. I would suggest to ask them first if the license
> > change is ok with them.
> 
> I got the okay from Jack who had the idea for the precision patch. But the other
> two, who did the semicolon and long cast patches do not reply. So what now?
> 

I see two options:
- Publish your original code (not including the semicolon and long cast
  patches) as an out-of-tree driver at github or some other open source
  repository site, with whatever license you want, and ask
  LibreHardwareMonitor pull it from there.
- Submit the driver yourself into LibreHardwareMonitor, again not
  including the problematic changes, with whatever license you want.

Disclaimer: I am not an attorney, and this is not legal advice.

Guenter