From: Martin Kelly <martin.kelly@crowdstrike.com>
To: <bpf@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: <linux-doc@vger.kernel.org>, Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
Martin Kelly <martin.kelly@crowdstrike.com>
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next] bpf: clarify libbpf skeleton header licensing
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 16:06:12 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240415230612.658798-1-martin.kelly@crowdstrike.com> (raw)
Add an explicit statement clarifying that generated BPF code bundled
inside a libbpf skeleton header may have a license distinct from the
skeleton header (in other words, the bundled code does not alter the
skeleton header license). This is a follow-up from a previous thread
discussing licensing terms:
https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/54d3cb9669644995b6ae787b4d532b73@crowdstrike.com/#r
Signed-off-by: Martin Kelly <martin.kelly@crowdstrike.com>
---
Documentation/bpf/bpf_licensing.rst | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/bpf_licensing.rst b/Documentation/bpf/bpf_licensing.rst
index b19c433f41d2..05bc1b845e64 100644
--- a/Documentation/bpf/bpf_licensing.rst
+++ b/Documentation/bpf/bpf_licensing.rst
@@ -89,4 +89,8 @@ Packaging BPF programs with user space applications
Generally, proprietary-licensed applications and GPL licensed BPF programs
written for the Linux kernel in the same package can co-exist because they are
-separate executable processes. This applies to both cBPF and eBPF programs.
+separate executable processes. In particular, BPF code bundled inside a libbpf
+skeleton header may have a different license than that of its surrounding
+skeleton. In other words, the license of the bundled BPF code does not alter the
+license of the skeleton header nor of a program including the header. This
+paragraph applies to both cBPF and eBPF programs.
--
2.34.1
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2024-04-15 23:06 Martin Kelly [this message]
2024-04-15 23:16 ` [PATCH bpf-next] bpf: clarify libbpf skeleton header licensing Alexei Starovoitov
2024-04-16 18:39 ` Martin Kelly
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