Re: [PATCH v1 RFC 1/7] Replace license with GPL

[Florian Fainelli]

On 10/09/2017 11:40 AM, Tristram.Ha@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> From: Tristram.Ha@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Sent: 06 October 2017 21:33
>>> Replace license with GPL.
>>
>> Don't you need permission from all the people who have updated
>> the files in order to make this change?
>>
>> 	David
> 
> I am a little confused by your comment.  The 4 original KSZ9477 DSA
> driver files were written by Woojung at Microchip Technology Inc.
> There was a complaint the "AS IS" license is not exactly GPL.
> 
> It should be submitted formally to net-next instead of a RFC, but it
> is probably pointless to do that when there is no code change.
> 
> I am hoping these drastic changes of KSZ9477 driver can be accepted
> so that the patches can be submitted formally to net-next.

What David is saying is that you need to take into account every one who
has been making changes to the Microchip driver, because anytime
someones submits a patch that gets accepted, their "voice" now counts:

Fortunately, the list seems to be fairly limited:

git shortlog -sne drivers/net/dsa/microchip
     5  Arkadi Sharshevsky <arkadis@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
     1  Woojung Huh <Woojung.Huh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

So seeking contributor approval for a license change should be fairly
simple.
-- 
Florian