On Mon, Jan 07, 2019 at 11:20:29PM +0900, Akinobu Mita wrote: > 2019年1月7日(月) 20:37 Sakari Ailus <[email protected]>: > > > > Hi Mita-san, > > > > On Sun, Dec 23, 2018 at 02:12:45AM +0900, Akinobu Mita wrote: > > > Replace GPL license statements with SPDX license identifiers (GPL-2.0). > > > > > > Cc: Guennadi Liakhovetski <[email protected]> > > > Cc: Sakari Ailus <[email protected]> > > > Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <[email protected]> > > > Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <[email protected]> > > > --- > > > drivers/media/i2c/mt9m001.c | 5 +---- > > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-) > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/mt9m001.c b/drivers/media/i2c/mt9m001.c > > > index a1a85ff..65ff59d 100644 > > > --- a/drivers/media/i2c/mt9m001.c > > > +++ b/drivers/media/i2c/mt9m001.c > > > @@ -1,11 +1,8 @@ > > > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 > > > /* > > > * Driver for MT9M001 CMOS Image Sensor from Micron > > > * > > > * Copyright (C) 2008, Guennadi Liakhovetski <[email protected]> > > > - * > > > - * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify > > > - * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as > > > - * published by the Free Software Foundation. > > > */ > > > > > > #include <linux/videodev2.h> > > > > The MODULE_LICENSE macro at the end of the file lists "GPL" as the license, > > i.e. including later versions. I'm not sure what was the intention > > originally. I guess it's safer to stick to 2.0, at least unless the > > original author is able to shed some light into this. > > I've come across the same thought, and I found the following conversation. > > https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/6/24/457 > > So I think MODULE_LICENSE() mismatch can be resolved in the future.
I don't see a reason to postpone it. Strictly speaking, for GPL 2+ we'd need an approval from anyone who has submitted patches to the file. For GPL v2 it'd be just a patch that fixes the MODULE_LICENSE. -- Sakari Ailus [email protected]
