From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-8.5 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED, USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36F6DC282C3 for ; Tue, 22 Jan 2019 10:23:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12B2621019 for ; Tue, 22 Jan 2019 10:23:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727902AbfAVKXs (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jan 2019 05:23:48 -0500 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:59394 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727469AbfAVKXr (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jan 2019 05:23:47 -0500 Received: from localhost (5356596B.cm-6-7b.dynamic.ziggo.nl [83.86.89.107]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id AB6CD2084A; Tue, 22 Jan 2019 10:23:46 +0000 (UTC) Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 11:23:44 +0100 From: Greg KH To: Adam Borowski Cc: Jonathan Corbet , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: process: GPL -> GPL-compatible Message-ID: <20190122102344.GA31836@kroah.com> References: <20190122093408.16756-1-kilobyte@angband.pl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190122093408.16756-1-kilobyte@angband.pl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.11.2 (2019-01-07) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 10:34:08AM +0100, Adam Borowski wrote: > Drivers under MIT, BSD-17-clause, or uncle-Bob's-newest-take-on-PD are > all fine, not just GPL. > > Signed-off-by: Adam Borowski > --- > Not reformatting to fill lines, it'll semi-conflict with another patch > that's been acked but not yet pushed. > > Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst | 3 ++- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst b/Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst > index 24f5aeecee91..9b69fb08b65e 100644 > --- a/Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst > +++ b/Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst > @@ -170,7 +170,8 @@ nightmare, and trying to keep up with an ever changing kernel interface > is also a rough job. > > Simple, get your kernel driver into the main kernel tree (remember we > -are talking about GPL released drivers here, if your code doesn't fall > +are talking about drivers released under a GPL-compatible license here, > +if your code doesn't fall > under this category, good luck, you are on your own here, you leech > .) If your > driver is in the tree, and a kernel interface changes, it will be fixed Nice fix: Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman