Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/3] xen-netback: fix license ident used in MODULE_LICENSE

2016-01-23 Thread Wei Liu
On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 08:25:21PM +, One Thousand Gnomes wrote: > > The fact what include/linux/license.h:license_is_gpl_compatible includes > > "Dual MIT/GPL" as an option seems to suggest that it is enough of a thing > > to be validly used as the contents of a MODULE_LICENSE() thing. > >

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/3] xen-netback: fix license ident used in MODULE_LICENSE

2016-01-22 Thread David Miller
From: One Thousand Gnomes Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 20:25:21 + >> The fact what include/linux/license.h:license_is_gpl_compatible includes >> "Dual MIT/GPL" as an option seems to suggest that it is enough of a thing >> to be validly used as the contents of a

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/3] xen-netback: fix license ident used in MODULE_LICENSE

2016-01-22 Thread One Thousand Gnomes
> The fact what include/linux/license.h:license_is_gpl_compatible includes > "Dual MIT/GPL" as an option seems to suggest that it is enough of a thing > to be validly used as the contents of a MODULE_LICENSE() thing. Yes. The MIT licence most definitely exists, and people know what it means.

[Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/3] xen-netback: fix license ident used in MODULE_LICENSE

2016-01-22 Thread Wei Liu
The comment at the beginning of the file is the canonical source of licenses for this module. Currently it contains GPL and MIT license. Fix the code to reflect the reality. Signed-off-by: Wei Liu --- drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+),

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/3] xen-netback: fix license ident used in MODULE_LICENSE

2016-01-22 Thread David Vrabel
On 22/01/16 12:34, Wei Liu wrote: > The comment at the beginning of the file is the canonical source of > licenses for this module. Currently it contains GPL and MIT license. Fix > the code to reflect the reality. "The MIT license" isn't really a thing. The closest is the X11 license[1], but

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/3] xen-netback: fix license ident used in MODULE_LICENSE

2016-01-22 Thread Wei Liu
On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 01:14:24PM +, David Vrabel wrote: > On 22/01/16 12:34, Wei Liu wrote: > > The comment at the beginning of the file is the canonical source of > > licenses for this module. Currently it contains GPL and MIT license. Fix > > the code to reflect the reality. > > "The MIT

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/3] xen-netback: fix license ident used in MODULE_LICENSE

2016-01-22 Thread Ian Campbell
On Fri, 2016-01-22 at 13:49 +, Wei Liu wrote: > On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 01:14:24PM +, David Vrabel wrote: > > On 22/01/16 12:34, Wei Liu wrote: > > > The comment at the beginning of the file is the canonical source of > > > licenses for this module. Currently it contains GPL and MIT

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/3] xen-netback: fix license ident used in MODULE_LICENSE

2016-01-22 Thread David Vrabel
On 22/01/16 14:15, Ian Campbell wrote: > On Fri, 2016-01-22 at 13:49 +, Wei Liu wrote: >> On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 01:14:24PM +, David Vrabel wrote: >>> On 22/01/16 12:34, Wei Liu wrote: The comment at the beginning of the file is the canonical source of licenses for this module.