Re: [PATCH 2/3] introduce intel_rapl driver

From: Greg KH
Date: Sat May 28 2011 - 07:37:01 EST


On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 04:34:17PM +0800, Zhang Rui wrote:
> +/*
> + * Intel RAPL interface driver
> + *
> + * Copyright (C) 2010-2011 Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@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.

Are you really sure about "any later version"? I didn't think that was
the default rule of Intel kernel code these days, have you verified this
exception is ok?

> + *
> + * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
> + * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
> + * General Public License for more details.
> + *
> + * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
> + * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
> + * 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.

These two paragraphs are not needed, and the last one is never needed
unless you want to track the office movements of the FSF for the next
50+ years and always update this file because of that.

greg k-h
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