[PATCH 0/2] drm: add SimpleDRM driver

[Ken Phillis Jr]

I believe this driver is extremely useful, and I see possible issues with
the fact that the driver is GPL Only. This driver is critical for devices
that lack a proper DRM driver, and locking it into GPL Only could lead to
issues with porting the system over to platforms like FreeBSD,
DragonFlyBSD, etc.  Is there any chance the code placed in the
"drivers/gpu/drm/simpledrm" folder be placed under a more permissive
license setup. I would suggest using MIT[1], BSD 2-Clause[2], or BSD
3-clause[3]. Also as a quick note it is possible to enable this under a
dual-license setup with GPLv2/BSD-3 Clause. An example a dual licensed
driver is the Intel iwlwifi driver ( see:
drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-8000.c )


[1]https://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html
[2]https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause
[3]https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
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