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doc: process: GPL -> GPL-compatible

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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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@ -169,13 +169,13 @@ driver for every different kernel version for every distribution is a
nightmare, and trying to keep up with an ever changing kernel interface
is also a rough job.
Simple, get your kernel driver into the main kernel tree (remember we
are talking about GPL released drivers here, if your code doesn't fall
under this category, good luck, you are on your own here, you leech). If your
driver is in the tree, and a kernel interface changes, it will be fixed
up by the person who did the kernel change in the first place. This
ensures that your driver is always buildable, and works over time, with
very little effort on your part.
Simple, get your kernel driver into the main kernel tree (remember we are
talking about drivers released under a GPL-compatible license here, if your
code doesn't fall under this category, good luck, you are on your own here,
you leech). If your driver is in the tree, and a kernel interface changes,
it will be fixed up by the person who did the kernel change in the first
place. This ensures that your driver is always buildable, and works over
time, with very little effort on your part.
The very good side effects of having your driver in the main kernel tree
are: