[PATCH] modules: permit Dual-MIT/GPL licenses

One of the LEDs driver files wants to use this.

Probably drivers/mtd/maps/ipaq-flash.c wants to convert as well - right now
it'll be tainting the kernel.

Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: John Bowler <jbowler@acm.org>
Cc: "'Richard Purdie'" <rpurdie@rpsys.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index bd088a7c1499e8872a0fea69c7f65f17e987518d..d24deb0dbbc9488e91ba855342399c22c3f9d309 100644 (file)
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -1254,6 +1254,7 @@ static inline int license_is_gpl_compatible(const char *license)
                || strcmp(license, "GPL v2") == 0
                || strcmp(license, "GPL and additional rights") == 0
                || strcmp(license, "Dual BSD/GPL") == 0
+               || strcmp(license, "Dual MIT/GPL") == 0
                || strcmp(license, "Dual MPL/GPL") == 0);
 }