Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932553Ab2B2Ji1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Feb 2012 04:38:27 -0500 Received: from mail-iy0-f174.google.com ([209.85.210.174]:38089 "EHLO mail-iy0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932082Ab2B2JiZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Feb 2012 04:38:25 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <157393863283F442885425D2C454285619415703@nasanexd02a.na.qualcomm.com> References: <157393863283F442885425D2C4542856194154FC@nasanexd02a.na.qualcomm.com> <20120228.212857.797446903975232476.davem@davemloft.net> <157393863283F442885425D2C454285619415561@nasanexd02a.na.qualcomm.com> <20120228.223258.2261979237568571219.davem@davemloft.net> <157393863283F442885425D2C454285619415703@nasanexd02a.na.qualcomm.com> From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 01:38:03 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: TcYuhhJ1D_ghlsPc_9OZpUAF-3Y Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: add QCA alx Ethernet driver To: "Huang, Xiong" Cc: David Miller , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , qca-linux-team , nic-devel , "Giori, Kathy" , "chris.snook@gmail.com" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 843 Lines: 15 On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 11:30 PM, Huang, Xiong wrote: > My another concern is the license type. Current atl1c use GPL v2, and got some contribution outside of QCA though the first version > was wrote by our Atheros guy. And that guy just copied the license from atl1e/atl1x that contains the words "Derived from Intel e1000". > > If I update this driver and add new chip support on it, Our Company's legal might not permit me to do so, they prefer QCA ISC license. > Is it possible to change the license header to ISC while I applying patches to source code ? No. Luis -- 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/