Re: [PATCH 1/4] gpio: loongson1: Update copyright

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Thu Mar 02 2023 - 14:02:57 EST


On Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 2:16 PM Kelvin Cheung <keguang.zhang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 7:40 PM Krzysztof Kozlowski
> <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On 02/03/2023 12:09, Kelvin Cheung wrote:
> > > On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 8:18 PM <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >> Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 07:12:10PM +0800, Keguang Zhang kirjoitti:
> > >>> This patch updates copyright and author information.
> > >>
> > >> ...
> > >>
> > >>> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
> > >>
> > >> Have you talked to your lawyers? This is an inequivalent to what was written
> > >> below.
> > >>
> > > Yes.
> >
> > Yes to what? You now change the license... and commit msg does not
> > explain it and does not justify it. What is even weirder that your
> > lawyers agreed on GPLv3! With GPLv3 you need to open a lot from your
> > products... Not mentioning that they agreed on future GPLv4 and GPLv5,
> > that's even weirder because GPLv4 might be saying you need to buy me
> > flowers...
> >
> If so, I choose to leave the license as is.
> Is "GPL-2.0-only" right?

We do not know.
It depends on what your company lawyers told you.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko