On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 07:57:34AM +0200, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
> On 18 July 2016 at 07:40, Peter Chen <hzpeterchen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 06:44:49AM +0200, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
> >> On 18 July 2016 at 04:31, Peter Chen <hzpeterchen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> > On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 11:10:45PM +0200, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
> >> >> +
> >> >> +usbport trigger:
> >> >> +- usb-ports : List of USB ports that usbport should observed for turning on a
> >> >> + given LED.
> >> >> +
> >> >
> >> > %s/should/should be
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >>
> >> >> diff --git a/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-usbport.c b/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-usbport.c
> >> >> new file mode 100644
> >> >> index 0000000..97b064c
> >> >> --- /dev/null
> >> >> +++ b/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-usbport.c
> >> >> @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@
> >> >> +/*
> >> >> + * USB port LED trigger
> >> >> + *
> >> >> + * Copyright (C) 2016 Rafał Miłecki <rafal.milecki@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> >> + *
> >> >> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> >> >> + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
> >> >> + * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
> >> >> + * your option) any later version.
> >> >> + */
> >> >
In your COPYRIGHT, it says "or any later version". But afaik, It should
not be on GPL v3.
Peter
> >> > GPL v2 only.
> >> >
> >> >> +MODULE_AUTHOR("Rafał Miłecki <rafal.milecki@xxxxxxxxx>");
> >> >> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("USB port trigger");
> >> >> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> >> >
> >> > GPL v2
> >>
> >> What's the reason for this? I don't have any real preference, but I
> >> never heard heard about kernel/Linux preference neither.
> >>
> >
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel
>
> Well, Linux is released under GPL v2, I'm well aware of that. It means
> all its code needs to be GPL v2 compatible. There are multiple
> compatible licenses: MIT, BSD 3-clause, BSD 2-clause. The one I used
> allows treating code as GPL V2 as well. I could release this code
> using MIT and it should be acceptable as well.
>
> I still don't see what's wrong with the picked license.
>
> --
> Rafał
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Best Regards,
Peter Chen
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