Re: [PATCH v5 net-next 00/13] net: phy: marvell-88q2xxx: add driver for the Marvell 88Q2220 PHY

From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Sat Feb 03 2024 - 11:07:46 EST


On Fri, Feb 02, 2024 at 07:30:29PM +0100, Dimitri Fedrau wrote:
> [...]
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> Probably late, but there are parts of the code which are based on the
> sample code provided by Marvell. The sample code is licensed under BSD
> 2 Clause. Should I change the license in the driver to dual license ?

IANAL

You can take BSD code and release it with a GPL license. But it would
be better to indicate it is derived from BSD code. Either make it dual
license, or add a comment about the origin of the code.

Andrew