Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] rtc: wilco-ec: Fix license to GPL from GPLv2

From: Alexandre Belloni
Date: Sun Sep 22 2019 - 16:44:05 EST


On 22/09/2019 22:29:48+0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> On Mon 2019-09-16 12:12:17, Nick Crews wrote:
> > Signed-off-by: Nick Crews <ncrews@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/rtc/rtc-wilco-ec.c | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-wilco-ec.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-wilco-ec.c
> > index e84faa268caf..951268f5e690 100644
> > --- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-wilco-ec.c
> > +++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-wilco-ec.c
> > @@ -184,5 +184,5 @@ module_platform_driver(wilco_ec_rtc_driver);
> >
> > MODULE_ALIAS("platform:rtc-wilco-ec");
> > MODULE_AUTHOR("Nick Crews <ncrews@xxxxxxxxxxxx>");
> > -MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
> > +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> > MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Wilco EC RTC driver");
>
> File spdx header says GPL-2.0, this change would make it inconsistent with that...
>

Commit bf7fbeeae6db ("module: Cure the MODULE_LICENSE "GPL" vs. "GPL v2"
bogosity") doesn't agree with you (but I was surprised too).


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