From 8f7e6d134bda563c9b3abac14de11e89eb4c86d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adam Borowski Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 10:34:08 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] 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 [jc: fixed conflict and refilled paragraph] Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet --- Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst | 14 +++++++------- 1 file 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: