Re: [PATCH v2] misc: hpilo: relicense HPE iLO driver as Dual MIT/GPL

[Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org>]

On 16. 11. 22, 11:34, matt.hsiao@hpe.com wrote:
> From: Matt Hsiao <matt.hsiao@hpe.com>
> 
> Currently, the hpilo driver is licensed as GPL. To run OpenBSD on HPE
> servers with BMC (HPE iLO) functionality, a dual MIT/GPL license is needed
> for porting the hpilo driver to OpenBSD.

Acked-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org>

> Signed-off-by: Matt Hsiao <matt.hsiao@hpe.com>
> ---
> 
> Hello contributors in the CC list,
> 
> Thanks for your contributions to the hpilo driver. Please kindly review
> the license change and hopefully you would agree and approve it. Thanks!
> 
> Patch v2:
> ---------
> - Change MODULE_LICENSE to Dual MIT/GPL too
> 
>   drivers/misc/hpilo.c | 4 ++--
>   drivers/misc/hpilo.h | 2 +-
>   2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/hpilo.c b/drivers/misc/hpilo.c
> index 8d00df9243c4..137063857e8d 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/hpilo.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/hpilo.c
> @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
> -// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR MIT
>   /*
>    * Driver for the HP iLO management processor.
>    *
> @@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ MODULE_VERSION("1.5.0");
>   MODULE_ALIAS(ILO_NAME);
>   MODULE_DESCRIPTION(ILO_NAME);
>   MODULE_AUTHOR("David Altobelli <david.altobelli@hpe.com>");
> -MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
> +MODULE_LICENSE("Dual MIT/GPL");
>   
>   module_param(max_ccb, uint, 0444);
>   MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_ccb, "Maximum number of HP iLO channels to attach (8-24)(default=16)");
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/hpilo.h b/drivers/misc/hpilo.h
> index d57c34680b09..581dfd7834b8 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/hpilo.h
> +++ b/drivers/misc/hpilo.h
> @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
> -/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR MIT */
>   /*
>    * linux/drivers/char/hpilo.h
>    *

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