Re: [PATCH v2] misc: hpilo: relicense HPE iLO driver as Dual MIT/GPL

From: Jiri Slaby
Date: Wed Nov 16 2022 - 06:19:09 EST


On 16. 11. 22, 11:34, matt.hsiao@xxxxxxx wrote:
From: Matt Hsiao <matt.hsiao@xxxxxxx>

Currently, the hpilo driver is licensed as GPL. To run OpenBSD on HPE
servers with BMC (HPE iLO) functionality, a dual MIT/GPL license is needed
for porting the hpilo driver to OpenBSD.

Acked-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxxx>

Signed-off-by: Matt Hsiao <matt.hsiao@xxxxxxx>
---

Hello contributors in the CC list,

Thanks for your contributions to the hpilo driver. Please kindly review
the license change and hopefully you would agree and approve it. Thanks!

Patch v2:
---------
- Change MODULE_LICENSE to Dual MIT/GPL too

drivers/misc/hpilo.c | 4 ++--
drivers/misc/hpilo.h | 2 +-
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/hpilo.c b/drivers/misc/hpilo.c
index 8d00df9243c4..137063857e8d 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/hpilo.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/hpilo.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR MIT
/*
* Driver for the HP iLO management processor.
*
@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ MODULE_VERSION("1.5.0");
MODULE_ALIAS(ILO_NAME);
MODULE_DESCRIPTION(ILO_NAME);
MODULE_AUTHOR("David Altobelli <david.altobelli@xxxxxxx>");
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
+MODULE_LICENSE("Dual MIT/GPL");
module_param(max_ccb, uint, 0444);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_ccb, "Maximum number of HP iLO channels to attach (8-24)(default=16)");
diff --git a/drivers/misc/hpilo.h b/drivers/misc/hpilo.h
index d57c34680b09..581dfd7834b8 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/hpilo.h
+++ b/drivers/misc/hpilo.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR MIT */
/*
* linux/drivers/char/hpilo.h
*

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