Re: [PATCH] usb: raw-gadget: upgrade license identifier

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On Sun, Dec 26, 2021 at 3:02 PM Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 2021-12-26 at 14:19 +0100, Andrey Konovalov wrote:
> > I wonder if checkpatch could alert about considering GPL-2.0+ when
> > adding new files.
>
> No. Licensing is up to the author/submitter.

You're right. However, knowingly choosing a license requires that the
author doesn't forget to look into the difference and understand it.

When I contributed this code, I didn't realize that GPL-2.0 and
GPL-2.0+ are different things. I was focused on the excitement of
contributing a new USB gadget driver.

What would have allowed my to not overlook this, is that if throughout
the _process_ of contributing a new module, something would _ask_ me:
"Is this really the license you want to use?".

Within my process of submitting kernel patches, that could have been
either checkpatch or an email bot.

I don't insist that this must be done by checkpatch; this could be
done by another entity. However, it would be nice to see this as an
explicit step of a standardized contribution process.

Thanks!



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