[PATCH 08/27] ARM: mvebu: armada-370-xp: Relicense the device tree under GPLv2+/X11

Gregory CLEMENT
2014-12-18T17:59:04Z

Hi Simon,

On 18/12/2014 18:56, Simon Guinot wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 12:22:21AM +0100, Simon Guinot wrote:
>> On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 04:38:16PM +0100, Gregory CLEMENT wrote:
>>> The current 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.
>>>
>>> Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
>>> Cc: Arnaud Ebalard <arno@natisbad.org>
>>> Cc: Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel.garcia@free-electrons.com>
>>> Cc: Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org>
>>> Cc: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@linux.intel.com>
>>> Cc: Jason Cooper <jason@lakedaemon.net>
>>> Cc: Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com>
>>> Cc: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu@nigauri.org>
>>> Cc: Simon Baatz <gmbnomis@gmail.com>
>>> Cc: Simon Guinot <simon.guinot@sequanux.org>
>>> Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
>>> Cc: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
>>> Signed-off-by: Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@free-electrons.com>
>>> ---
>>> arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-370-xp.dtsi | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>>> 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> Hi Gregory,
>>
>> NAK for me.
>
> After some thoughts I changed my mind about this. I can't see no point
> in forcing people to rewrite a commit for a single line which is even
> not covered by my copyright...

Many thanks! I highly appreciate your good will :)

>
> Then, for the armada-370-xp.dtsi file:
>
> Acked-by: Simon Guinot <simon.guinot@sequanux.org>
>
> Simon
>
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-370-xp.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-370-xp.dtsi
>>> index 1af428602748..8a322ad57e5f 100644
>>> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-370-xp.dtsi
>>> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-370-xp.dtsi
>>> @@ -8,9 +8,43 @@
>>> * Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
>>> * Ben Dooks <ben.dooks@codethink.co.uk>
>>> *
>>> - * This file is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
>>> - * License version 2. This program is licensed "as is" without any
>>> - * warranty of any kind, whether express or implied.
>>> + * 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.
>>> + *
>>> + * a) This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
>>> + * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
>>> + * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
>>> + * License, or (at your option) any later version.
>>> + *
>>> + * 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.
>>> *
>>> * This file contains the definitions that are common to the Armada
>>> * 370 and Armada XP SoC.
>>> --
>>> 1.9.1
>
>
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