Linux kernel mirror (for testing) git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
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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 <kilobyte@angband.pl>
[jc: fixed conflict and refilled paragraph]
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>

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Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst
··· 169 169 nightmare, and trying to keep up with an ever changing kernel interface 170 170 is also a rough job. 171 171 172 - Simple, get your kernel driver into the main kernel tree (remember we 173 - are talking about GPL released drivers here, if your code doesn't fall 174 - under this category, good luck, you are on your own here, you leech). If your 175 - driver is in the tree, and a kernel interface changes, it will be fixed 176 - up by the person who did the kernel change in the first place. This 177 - ensures that your driver is always buildable, and works over time, with 178 - very little effort on your part. 172 + Simple, get your kernel driver into the main kernel tree (remember we are 173 + talking about drivers released under a GPL-compatible license here, if your 174 + code doesn't fall under this category, good luck, you are on your own here, 175 + you leech). If your driver is in the tree, and a kernel interface changes, 176 + it will be fixed up by the person who did the kernel change in the first 177 + place. This ensures that your driver is always buildable, and works over 178 + time, with very little effort on your part. 179 179 180 180 The very good side effects of having your driver in the main kernel tree 181 181 are: