RE: [PATCH v1 RFC 1/7] Replace license with GPL

From: Tristram.Ha
Date: Mon Oct 09 2017 - 14:40:21 EST


> From: Tristram.Ha@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: 06 October 2017 21:33
> > Replace license with GPL.
>
> Don't you need permission from all the people who have updated
> the files in order to make this change?
>
> David

I am a little confused by your comment. The 4 original KSZ9477 DSA
driver files were written by Woojung at Microchip Technology Inc.
There was a complaint the "AS IS" license is not exactly GPL.

It should be submitted formally to net-next instead of a RFC, but it
is probably pointless to do that when there is no code change.

I am hoping these drastic changes of KSZ9477 driver can be accepted
so that the patches can be submitted formally to net-next.