Re: [igt-dev] [PATCH i-g-t] tests/kms_selftest: Change license to MIT, remove SPDX header

Deepak Singh Rawat
2019-06-18T23:34:11Z

Hi Petri,

Acked-by: Deepak Rawat <drawat@vmware.com>

Sorry I didn't went into details of IGT license earlier. I used the
same license VMware uses for Linux kernel.

On Tue, 2019-06-18 at 11:31 +0300, Petri Latvala wrote:
> We don't use SPDX in IGT, and the GPL-2.0 statement seems like an
> oversight and MIT was intended, as with the rest of the project.
>
> Signed-off-by: Petri Latvala <petri.latvala@intel.com>
> Cc: Deepak Rawat <drawat@vmware.com>
> Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>
> ---
>
> An explicit ack from the author of the commit (Deepak Rawat) is
> needed for a license change. Please double-check the copyright line
> correctness as well.
>
>
> tests/kms_selftest.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tests/kms_selftest.c b/tests/kms_selftest.c
> index f61ddd99..abc4bfe9 100644
> --- a/tests/kms_selftest.c
> +++ b/tests/kms_selftest.c
> @@ -1,4 +1,26 @@
> -/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> +/*
> + * Copyright © 2018 VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA., USA
> + *
> + * 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 (including
> the next
> + * paragraph) shall be included in all copies or substantial
> portions of the
> + * Software.
> + *
> + * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", 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.
> + */
> +
> #include "igt.h"
> #include "igt_kmod.h"
>