[PATCH 0/2] drm: add SimpleDRM driver

[David Herrmann]

Hi

On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 10:01 PM, Daniel Vetter <daniel at ffwll.ch> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 04, 2016 at 02:50:37PM -0500, Ken Phillis Jr wrote:
>> 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 )
>
> tbh, most if not all arm drivers are gpl only, and due to code sharing and
> refactoring I'd say a lot of that has leaked all over drm. IANAL and all
> that, but personally I believe that the entire idea of drm being MIT is
> walking on ever thinner ice. And personally I'm not going to extend effort
> to slow this down or prevent it outright, since I think all that code
> sharing with arm folks is extremely beneficial for everyone. At least here
> on Linux.
> -Daniel

On top of that: Feel free to copy SimpleDRM in any way possible.
Consider my original implementation public domain.

Thanks
David