Re: [PATCH 1/4] ARM: dts: vf610: relicense vf???.dtsi under GPLv2/X11

[Bhuvanchandra DV <bhuvanchandra.dv@toradex.com>]

On 11/24/2015 05:27 AM, Stefan Agner wrote:
> GPLv2-only devicetrees make reuse difficult for software components
> licensed under a different license.
>
> The consensus is that a GPL/X11 dual-license should allow all necessary
> uses, so relicense the vfxxx.dtsi, vf500.dtsi and vf610.dtsi files to
> this combination.

Acked-by: Bhuvanchandra DV <bhuvanchandra.dv@toradex.com>

>
> CCs were acquired using (updated some email addresses):
> git shortlog -sne --no-merges arch/arm/boot/dts/vf???.dtsi
>
> CC: Bhuvanchandra DV <bhuvanchandra.dv@toradex.com>
> CC: Chao Fu <B44548@freescale.com>
> CC: Cory Tusar <cory.tusar@pid1solutions.com>
> CC: Cosmin Stoica <cosminstefan.stoica@freescale.com>
> CC: Frank Li <Frank.Li@freescale.com>
> CC: Fugang Duan <B38611@freescale.com>
> CC: Huang Shijie <b32955@freescale.com>
> CC: Jingchang Lu <jingchang.lu@freescale.com>
> CC: Lucas Stach <l.stach@pengutronix.de>
> CC: Sanchayan Maity <maitysanchayan@gmail.com>
> CC: Shawn Guo <shawnguo@kernel.org>
> CC: Stephen Warren <swarren@wwwdotorg.org>
> CC: Xiubo Li <Li.Xiubo@freescale.com>
> CC: Yuan Yao <yao.yuan@freescale.com>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Agner <stefan@agner.ch>
> ---
>   arch/arm/boot/dts/vf500.dtsi | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>   arch/arm/boot/dts/vf610.dtsi | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>   arch/arm/boot/dts/vfxxx.dtsi | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>   3 files changed, 108 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/vf500.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/vf500.dtsi
> index e976d2f..b94b992 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/vf500.dtsi
> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/vf500.dtsi
> @@ -1,10 +1,42 @@
>   /*
>    * Copyright 2013 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
>    *
> - * This program 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 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
> + *     version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
> + *
> + *     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.
>    */
>
>   #include "skeleton.dtsi"
> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/vf610.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/vf610.dtsi
> index 5f8eb1b..c172285 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/vf610.dtsi
> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/vf610.dtsi
> @@ -1,10 +1,42 @@
>   /*
>    * Copyright 2013 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
>    *
> - * This program 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 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
> + *     version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
> + *
> + *     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.
>    */
>
>   #include "vf500.dtsi"
> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/vfxxx.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/vfxxx.dtsi
> index 6736bae..9875e1b 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/vfxxx.dtsi
> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/vfxxx.dtsi
> @@ -1,10 +1,42 @@
>   /*
>    * Copyright 2013 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
>    *
> - * This program 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 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
> + *     version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
> + *
> + *     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.
>    */
>
>   #include "vf610-pinfunc.h"
>

-- 
Best regards,
Bhuvan