From: moinejf@free.fr (Jean-Francois Moine)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] ARM: mvebu: dove: Relicense the device tree under GPLv2+/X11
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 19:44:45 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150428194445.2ba2f337@armhf> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <553FB6B4.8020401@gmail.com>
On Tue, 28 Apr 2015 18:35:00 +0200
Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 28.04.2015 17:59, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 11:09:04AM +0200, Sebastian Hesselbarth wrote:
> >> The current implicit GPL only licensing on the device tree makes it
> >> very impractical for other software components licensed under another
> >> license.
> >>
> >> In order to make it easier for them to reuse our device trees,
> >> relicense our device trees under a GPL/X11 dual-license.
> >>
> [...]
> >> so I decided to keep the whole relicensing in a single patch. Please send
> >> your Acked-by's in reply to this patch if you are happy with the relicensing.
> >
> > I normally don't include the "or later version" for my license changes
> > as I've only accepted to contribute under the terms of GPLv2.
>
> Ok, I guess this is a NACK for GPLv2+ but an Acked-by if we limit the
> GPL part to GPLv2 only?
>
> If so, is everybody else who already Acked the GPLv2+ part also fine
> with reducing the GPL version to "version 2 only" ?
Acked-by: Jean-Francois Moine <moinejf@free.fr>
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From: Jean-Francois Moine <moinejf@free.fr>
To: Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@gmail.com>
Cc: Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>,
Jason Cooper <jason@lakedaemon.net>,
Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel.garcia@free-electrons.com>,
Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: mvebu: dove: Relicense the device tree under GPLv2+/X11
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 19:44:45 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150428194445.2ba2f337@armhf> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <553FB6B4.8020401@gmail.com>
On Tue, 28 Apr 2015 18:35:00 +0200
Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 28.04.2015 17:59, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 11:09:04AM +0200, Sebastian Hesselbarth wrote:
> >> The current implicit GPL only licensing on the device tree makes it
> >> very impractical for other software components licensed under another
> >> license.
> >>
> >> In order to make it easier for them to reuse our device trees,
> >> relicense our device trees under a GPL/X11 dual-license.
> >>
> [...]
> >> so I decided to keep the whole relicensing in a single patch. Please send
> >> your Acked-by's in reply to this patch if you are happy with the relicensing.
> >
> > I normally don't include the "or later version" for my license changes
> > as I've only accepted to contribute under the terms of GPLv2.
>
> Ok, I guess this is a NACK for GPLv2+ but an Acked-by if we limit the
> GPL part to GPLv2 only?
>
> If so, is everybody else who already Acked the GPLv2+ part also fine
> with reducing the GPL version to "version 2 only" ?
Acked-by: Jean-Francois Moine <moinejf@free.fr>
--
Ken ar c'hentañ | ** Breizh ha Linux atav! **
Jef | http://moinejf.free.fr/
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Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-04-27 9:09 [PATCH] ARM: mvebu: dove: Relicense the device tree under GPLv2+/X11 Sebastian Hesselbarth
2015-04-27 9:09 ` Sebastian Hesselbarth
2015-04-27 11:31 ` Andrew Lunn
2015-04-27 11:31 ` Andrew Lunn
2015-04-27 12:03 ` Jason Cooper
2015-04-27 12:03 ` Jason Cooper
2015-04-27 13:33 ` Ezequiel Garcia
2015-04-27 13:33 ` Ezequiel Garcia
2015-04-27 16:24 ` Jean-Francois Moine
2015-04-27 16:24 ` Jean-Francois Moine
2015-04-28 15:59 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2015-04-28 15:59 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2015-04-28 16:35 ` Sebastian Hesselbarth
2015-04-28 16:35 ` Sebastian Hesselbarth
2015-04-28 17:09 ` Jason Cooper
2015-04-28 17:09 ` Jason Cooper
2015-04-28 17:44 ` Jean-Francois Moine [this message]
2015-04-28 17:44 ` Jean-Francois Moine
2015-05-01 20:15 ` Andrew Lunn
2015-05-01 20:15 ` Andrew Lunn
2015-05-01 20:18 ` Ezequiel Garcia
2015-05-01 20:18 ` Ezequiel Garcia
2015-05-01 20:21 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2015-05-01 20:21 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
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