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From: Heiko Stuebner <heiko@sntech.de>
To: Doug Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>
Cc: Klaus Goger <klaus.goger@theobroma-systems.com>,
	"open list:ARM/Rockchip SoC..."
	<linux-rockchip@lists.infradead.org>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
	Huibin Hong <huibin.hong@rock-chips.com>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>,
	Kever Yang <kever.yang@rock-chips.com>,
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	Joseph Chen <chenjh@rock-chips.com>,
	Romain Perier <romain.perier@collabora.com>,
	Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@chromium.org>,
	Emil Renner Berthing <kernel@esmil.dk>,
	Sugar Zhang <sugar.zhang@rock-chips.com>,
	Simon Xue <xxm@rock-chips.com>,
	Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>,
	Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org>,
	Russell King <linux@armlinux.org.uk>,
	Ja
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Use SPDX-License-Identifier for rockchip devicetree files
Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2018 12:18:13 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1726970.J2eQlPlkUj@phil> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAD=FV=WA44n8MYtGZTQN3r0F86E=xDcdWhQDLDOkyqS=aaCXfQ@mail.gmail.com>

Am Freitag, 15. Dezember 2017, 18:29:02 CEST schrieb Doug Anderson:
> Hi,
> 
> On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 3:44 AM, Klaus Goger
> <klaus.goger@theobroma-systems.com> wrote:
> > This patch series replaces all the license text in rockchip devicetree
> > files text with a proper SPDX-License-Identifier.
> > It follows the guidelines submitted[1] by Thomas Gleixner that are not
> > yet merged.
> >
> > These series also fixes the issue with contradicting statements in most
> > licenses. The introduction text claims to be GPL or X11[2] but the
> > following verbatim copy of the license is actually a MIT[3] license.
> > The X11 license includes a advertise clause and trademark information
> > related to the X Consortium. As these X Consortium specfic points are
> > irrelevant for us we stick with the actuall license text.
> >
> > [1] https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10091607/
> > [2] https://spdx.org/licenses/X11.html
> > [3] https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html
> >
> >
> > Klaus Goger (2):
> >   arm64: dts: rockchip: use SPDX-License-Identifier
> >   ARM: dts: rockchip: use SPDX-License-Identifier
> >
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3036-evb.dts                   | 40 +---------------------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3036-kylin.dts                 | 40 +---------------------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3036.dtsi                      | 40 +---------------------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3066a-bqcurie2.dts             | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3066a-marsboard.dts            | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3066a-mk808.dts                | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3066a-rayeager.dts             | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3066a.dtsi                     | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3188-px3-evb.dts               | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3188-radxarock.dts             | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3188.dtsi                      | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3228-evb.dts                   | 40 +---------------------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3229-evb.dts                   | 40 +---------------------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3229.dtsi                      | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rk322x.dtsi                      | 40 +---------------------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3288-evb-act8846.dts           | 40 +---------------------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3288-evb-rk808.dts             | 40 +---------------------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3288-evb.dtsi                  | 40 +---------------------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3288-fennec.dts                | 40 +---------------------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3288-firefly-beta.dts          | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3288-firefly-reload-core.dtsi  | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3288-firefly-reload.dts        | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3288-firefly.dts               | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3288-firefly.dtsi              | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3288-miqi.dts                  | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3288-phycore-rdk.dts           | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3288-phycore-som.dtsi          | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3288-popmetal.dts              | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3288-r89.dts                   | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3288-rock2-som.dtsi            | 40 +---------------------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3288-rock2-square.dts          | 40 +---------------------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3288-tinker.dts                | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3288-veyron-analog-audio.dtsi  |  5 +--
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3288-veyron-brain.dts          | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3288-veyron-chromebook.dtsi    | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3288-veyron-jaq.dts            | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3288-veyron-jerry.dts          | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3288-veyron-mickey.dts         | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3288-veyron-minnie.dts         | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3288-veyron-pinky.dts          | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3288-veyron-sdmmc.dtsi         | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3288-veyron-speedy.dts         | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3288-veyron.dtsi               | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3288-vyasa.dts                 | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3288.dtsi                      | 40 +---------------------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3xxx.dtsi                      | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rv1108-evb.dts                   | 40 +---------------------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/rv1108.dtsi                      | 40 +---------------------
> >  arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3328-evb.dts        | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3328-rock64.dts     | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3328.dtsi           | 39 +--------------------
> >  .../arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3368-evb-act8846.dts | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3368-evb.dtsi       | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3368-geekbox.dts    | 39 +--------------------
> >  .../boot/dts/rockchip/rk3368-orion-r68-meta.dts    | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3368-px5-evb.dts    | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3368-r88.dts        | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3368.dtsi           | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399-evb.dts        | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399-firefly.dts    | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399-gru-kevin.dts  | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399-gru.dtsi       | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399-op1-opp.dtsi   | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399-opp.dtsi       | 39 +--------------------
> >  .../arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399-puma-haikou.dts | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399-puma.dtsi      | 39 +--------------------
> >  .../dts/rockchip/rk3399-sapphire-excavator.dts     | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399-sapphire.dtsi  | 39 +--------------------
> >  arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399.dtsi           | 39 +--------------------
> >  69 files changed, 69 insertions(+), 2603 deletions(-)
> 
> This is just removing the verbatim license text and adding a link to
> another file with the text?  ...and correcting the name of the
> alternate license to be the MIT license...  I'm no lawyer, but if
> that's what everyone in the kernel agrees is the way they want it
> going forward then I have no objections to anything I was involved in.

correct.
Documentation/process/license-rules.rst Describes the process of
handling these license identifiers.

There was one criticism in the beginning, that an arbitary third-party
site would hold the binding license texts, but that got resolved by
including LICENSES/preferred/$identifier into the kernel sources itself.


Heiko

  reply	other threads:[~2018-06-04 10:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-12-15 11:44 [PATCH 0/2] Use SPDX-License-Identifier for rockchip devicetree files Klaus Goger
     [not found] ` <20171215114427.32059-1-klaus.goger-SN7IsUiht6C/RdPyistoZJqQE7yCjDx5@public.gmane.org>
2017-12-15 11:44   ` [PATCH 1/2] arm64: dts: rockchip: use SPDX-License-Identifier Klaus Goger
2017-12-15 11:44   ` [PATCH 2/2] ARM: " Klaus Goger
2017-12-15 13:45   ` [PATCH 0/2] Use SPDX-License-Identifier for rockchip devicetree files Philippe Ombredanne
2017-12-15 14:28     ` Heiko Stübner
2017-12-15 14:42       ` Philippe Ombredanne
     [not found]         ` <CAOFm3uHuwmU1nCcU1MQ9qgGZ0A70ycuoo8XpWcDzgPQFzFRnRA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2017-12-15 15:20           ` Heiko Stübner
2017-12-15 16:27             ` klaus.goger
2017-12-15 19:19               ` Brian Norris
     [not found]               ` <24788EB1-9868-41E9-B97C-7D85D8C3761D-SN7IsUiht6C/RdPyistoZJqQE7yCjDx5@public.gmane.org>
2017-12-18 11:43                 ` Matthias Brugger
2017-12-15 17:29   ` Doug Anderson
2018-06-04 10:18     ` Heiko Stuebner [this message]
2018-06-04 10:19 ` Heiko Stuebner

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