GPL-1.0-licensed code for files drivers/clk/mediatek/clk-mt7986* included with commit ec97d23c8e22 ("clk: mediatek: add mt7986 clock support")

Lukas Bulwahn <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-spdx,org.kernel.vger.kernel-janitors,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <CAKXUXMy8ywQXqqmOvvm9wKL_ikixRJOFgCcgu4OdPUPhjq6MhA@mail.gmail.com>
Dear Sam,


Thanks for contributing the mt7986 clock support to the kernel
repository with commit ec97d23c8e22 ("clk: mediatek: add mt7986 clock
support").

You have marked the files below with the GPL-1.0 License, which
./scripts/spdxcheck.py identifies and warns about:

drivers/clk/mediatek/clk-mt7986-apmixed.c: 1:28 Invalid License ID: GPL-1.0
drivers/clk/mediatek/clk-mt7986-infracfg.c: 1:28 Invalid License ID: GPL-1.0
drivers/clk/mediatek/clk-mt7986-topckgen.c: 1:28 Invalid License ID: GPL-1.0

The kernel's licensing rules are described here:

https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/license-rules.html#kernel-licensing

The GPL-1.0 is a deprecated license in the kernel repository.

Driver code that is licensed with GPL-1.0 might not be compatible with
GPL-2.0. I am not a lawyer, and we probably do not want to require all
users of your driver code to needlessly involve a lawyer to get such a
statement on license compatibility.

Do you really intend to license this code under GPL-1.0 and are you
aware of all the consequences for other developers and users? Or is
this a mistake and you intend to license it under the kernel's
standard GPL-2.0 license?


Best regards,

Lukas
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