Re: [PATCH][RFC] module: Cure the MODULE_LICENSE "GPL" vs. "GPL v2" bogosity

From: Alan Cox
Date: Wed Jan 30 2019 - 16:06:05 EST


> > > + "GPL and additional rights" Historical variant of expressing that the
> > > + module source is dual licensed under a
> > > + GPL v2 variant and MIT license. Please do
> > > + not use in new code.

Actually it was a historic fix for the fact that some slimeballs were
going to use a proposed "BSD" tag and just ship binaries only whilst
claiming that they were totally compliant with the BSD licence.

Alan