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

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On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 01:14:24PM +0000, 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 license" isn't really a thing.  The closest is the X11
> license[1], but this not applicable here either since the text in the
> drivers does not refer to X11 trademarks etc.
> 

That was referring to the license ident string in Linux.  If MIT license
isn't a thing, why would Linux have it at all?

> You can either use "GPL" which would be correct for a Linux kernel
> module since the alternate only applies when distributed separately from
> Linux ("or, when distributed separately from the Linux kernel or
> incorporated into other software packages, subject to the following
> license:"); or you can use "GPL and additional rights".
> 
> (Or you could just leave it as-is since "Dual BSD/GPL" is close enough.)
> 

No, I don't want to leave it as-is. That's not BSD license.

I can change that to "GPL". That is acceptable to me.

Wei.

> David
> 
> [1] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#X11License
> 

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[PATCH 1/3] xen-netback: fix license ident used in MODULE_LICENSE Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com> - 2016-01-22 13:40 +0100
  Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/3] xen-netback: fix license ident used in  MODULE_LICENSE David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com> - 2016-01-22 14:20 +0100
    Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/3] xen-netback: fix license ident used in  MODULE_LICENSE Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com> - 2016-01-22 15:00 +0100
      Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/3] xen-netback: fix license ident used in  MODULE_LICENSE Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com> - 2016-01-22 15:20 +0100
        Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/3] xen-netback: fix license ident used in  MODULE_LICENSE David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com> - 2016-01-22 15:40 +0100
        Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/3] xen-netback: fix license ident used in  MODULE_LICENSE One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> - 2016-01-22 21:30 +0100
          Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/3] xen-netback: fix license ident used in  MODULE_LICENSE David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-01-22 22:10 +0100
          Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/3] xen-netback: fix license ident used in  MODULE_LICENSE Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com> - 2016-01-23 16:00 +0100

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