[PATCH] net: airoha: Fix MODULE_LICENSE to match SPDX GPL-2.0-only identifier

patchwork-bot+netdevbpf at kernel.org patchwork-bot+netdevbpf at kernel.org
Mon Jun 15 16:00:08 PDT 2026


Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba at kernel.org>:

On Sun, 14 Jun 2026 07:52:39 +0800 you wrote:
> Both airoha_eth.c and airoha_npu.c declare SPDX-License-Identifier:
> GPL-2.0-only but use MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"), which the kernel module
> loader interprets as GPL-2.0+ (any GPL version). This mismatch causes
> license compliance tools (FOSSology, ScanCode, etc.) to misidentify
> the effective license as more permissive than intended.
> 
> Replace MODULE_LICENSE("GPL") with MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2") to
> align with the GPL-2.0-only SPDX identifier. Per include/linux/module.h,
> "GPL v2" maps to GPL-2.0-only, matching the source files' declared
> license.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - net: airoha: Fix MODULE_LICENSE to match SPDX GPL-2.0-only identifier
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/b0d62ed16424

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