Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] ARM: dts: imx6q-cm-fx6: Relicense under GPLv2/X11
From: Igor Grinberg <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-06 07:53:26
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Hi Christopher, On 06/05/2016 09:26 PM, christopher.spinrath-vA1bhqPz9FBZXbeN9DUtxg@public.gmane.org wrote:
From: Christopher Spinrath <redacted> GPLv2-only devicetrees make reuse difficult for software components licensed under a different license. In particular, the Utilite Pro devicetree file (which includes on imx6q-cm-fx5.dts) is already dual
^^^ That's a downgrade ;-) With the above fixed, please add my ack below.
licensed under GPLv2/X11. Hence, relicense imx6q-cm-fx6.dts under GPLv2/X11 dual license.
Off topic of this patch, I think SPDX works much better than having this huge license "hat" in each file.
Signed-off-by: Christopher Spinrath <redacted> Cc: Igor Grinberg <grinberg-UTxiZqZC01RS1MOuV/RT9w@public.gmane.org>
Acked-by: Igor Grinberg <grinberg-UTxiZqZC01RS1MOuV/RT9w@public.gmane.org>
quoted hunk
--- Changes since v1: - new patch in v2; without it the dual licensed of the imx6q-utilite-pro.dts is not really useful because it includes imx6q-cm-fx6.dts. arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6q-cm-fx6.dts | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6q-cm-fx6.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6q-cm-fx6.dts index c6f0e58..fe2c868 100644 --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6q-cm-fx6.dts +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6q-cm-fx6.dts@@ -3,12 +3,42 @@ * * Author: Valentin Raevsky <valentin-UTxiZqZC01RS1MOuV/RT9w@public.gmane.org> * - * The code contained herein is licensed under the GNU General Public - * License. You may obtain a copy of the GNU General Public License - * Version 2 or later at the following locations: + * This file is dual-licensed: you can use it either under the terms + * of the GPL or the X11 license, at your option. Note that this dual + * licensing only applies to this file, and not this project as a + * whole. * - * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.html - * http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html + * a) This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or + * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License + * version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation. + * + * This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the + * GNU General Public License for more details. + * + * Or, alternatively + * + * b) Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person + * obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation + * files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without + * restriction, including without limitation the rights to use + * copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or + * sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the + * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following + * conditions: + * + * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be + * included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. + * + * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED , WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND + * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES + * OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND + * NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT + * HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY + * WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING + * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR + * OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. */ /dts-v1/;
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