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| author | Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl> | 2019-01-22 10:34:08 +0100 |
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| committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2019-02-02 00:19:11 +0100 |
| commit | 8f7e6d134bda563c9b3abac14de11e89eb4c86d7 (patch) | |
| tree | c92396fd4b9541891f7a6859021f34bfc2121942 /Documentation/process | |
| parent | stable-kernel-rules.rst: add link to networking patch queue (diff) | |
| download | linux-8f7e6d134bda563c9b3abac14de11e89eb4c86d7.tar.xz linux-8f7e6d134bda563c9b3abac14de11e89eb4c86d7.zip | |
doc: process: GPL -> GPL-compatible
Drivers under MIT, BSD-17-clause, or uncle-Bob's-newest-take-on-PD are
all fine, not just GPL.
Signed-off-by: Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl>
[jc: fixed conflict and refilled paragraph]
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/process')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst | 14 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst b/Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst index 57d95a49c096..a9625ab1fdc2 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst @@ -169,13 +169,13 @@ driver for every different kernel version for every distribution is a nightmare, and trying to keep up with an ever changing kernel interface is also a rough job. -Simple, get your kernel driver into the main kernel tree (remember we -are talking about GPL released drivers here, if your code doesn't fall -under this category, good luck, you are on your own here, you leech). If your -driver is in the tree, and a kernel interface changes, it will be fixed -up by the person who did the kernel change in the first place. This -ensures that your driver is always buildable, and works over time, with -very little effort on your part. +Simple, get your kernel driver into the main kernel tree (remember we are +talking about drivers released under a GPL-compatible license here, if your +code doesn't fall under this category, good luck, you are on your own here, +you leech). If your driver is in the tree, and a kernel interface changes, +it will be fixed up by the person who did the kernel change in the first +place. This ensures that your driver is always buildable, and works over +time, with very little effort on your part. The very good side effects of having your driver in the main kernel tree are: |