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From:   Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@nexb.com>
Date:   Fri, 17 Nov 2017 15:52:18 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] media: usbvision: remove unneeded DRIVER_LICENSE #define
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>,
        Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>,
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On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 3:18 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> There is no need to #define the license of the driver, just put it in
> the MODULE_LICENSE() line directly as a text string.
>
> This allows tools that check that the module license matches the source
> code license to work properly, as there is no need to unwind the
> unneeded dereference.
>
> Cc: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>
> Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>
> Cc: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
> Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>
> Cc: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com>
> Reported-by: Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@nexb.com>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>


Reviewed-by: Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@nexb.com>
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Cordially
Philippe Ombredanne

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