Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/3] xen-netback: fix license ident used in MODULE_LICENSE
From: Ian Campbell <hidden>
Date: 2016-01-22 14:15:57
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On Fri, 2016-01-22 at 13:49 +0000, Wei Liu wrote:
On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 01:14:24PM +0000, David Vrabel wrote:quoted
On 22/01/16 12:34, Wei Liu wrote:quoted
The comment at the beginning of the file is the canonical source of licenses for this module. Currently it contains GPL and MIT license. Fix the code to reflect the reality."The MIT license" isn't really a thing. The closest is the X11 license[1], but this not applicable here either since the text in the drivers does not refer to X11 trademarks etc.That was referring to the license ident string in Linux. If MIT license isn't a thing, why would Linux have it at all?
The fact what include/linux/license.h:license_is_gpl_compatible includes "Dual MIT/GPL" as an option seems to suggest that it is enough of a thing to be validly used as the contents of a MODULE_LICENSE() thing. It's also in https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT , the fact that it might be confused for other licenses used by MIT notwithstanding. FWIW https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License seems to think that the wording most commonly called the "MIT License" might be the "Expat license", rather than the "X11 License" which is similar but different. Ian.