On Sun, Dec 26, 2021 at 03:50:43PM +0100, Andrey Konovalov wrote: > 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?". I normally try to do that when I see GPL-2.0+, sorry I didn't do that this time. But really, your open-source training at your employer should have covered all of that. If not, then something went wrong there :( thanks, greg k-h
