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

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

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