On Sun, 2006-02-05 at 19:20 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Richard Purdie <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > +MODULE_AUTHOR("John Bowler <[email protected]>");
> > +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("IXP4XX GPIO LED driver");
> > +MODULE_LICENSE("MIT");
>
> MIT license is unusual. There's one other file in the kernel which uses it
> and that's down in MTD where nobody dares look.
>
> I don't know whether MIT is GPL-compatible-for-kernel-purposes or not. Help.
would be really nice if the author would at least dual license it under
the GPL as well (and thus also granting the patent rights if any); in
which case it's a clear "GPL when used with linux, but optionally MIT if
used outside linux")
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to [email protected]
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
[Index of Archives]
[Kernel Newbies]
[Netfilter]
[Bugtraq]
[Photo]
[Stuff]
[Gimp]
[Yosemite News]
[MIPS Linux]
[ARM Linux]
[Linux Security]
[Linux RAID]
[Video 4 Linux]
[Linux for the blind]
[Linux Resources]
