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authorAdam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl>2019-01-22 10:34:08 +0100
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2019-02-01 16:19:11 -0700
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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>
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@@ -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: