Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: mfd: dual licensing for st,stpmic1 bindings

[Etienne CARRIERE - foss <etienne.carriere@foss.st.com>]

Hello Conor,

(re-sent to to right patchset thread, my apologies)

>
> From: Conor Dooley <conor@kernel.org>
> Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2024 2:14 PM
>
> On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 05:33:46PM +0200, Etienne Carriere wrote:
> > Change include/dt-bindings/mfd/st,stpmic1.h license model from GPLv2.0
> > only to dual GPLv2.0 or BSD-3-Clause. I have every legitimacy to request
> > this change on behalf of STMicroelectronics. This change clarifies that
> > this DT binding header file can be shared with software components as
> > bootloaders and OSes that are not published under GPLv2 terms.
> >
> > In CC are all the contributors to this header file.
> >
> > Cc: Pascal Paillet <p.paillet@st.com>
> > Cc: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
> > Cc: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Etienne Carriere <etienne.carriere@foss.st.com>
> > ---
> >  include/dt-bindings/mfd/st,stpmic1.h | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/dt-bindings/mfd/st,stpmic1.h b/include/dt-bindings/mfd/st,stpmic1.h
> > index 321cd08797d9..957c48300cd4 100644
> > --- a/include/dt-bindings/mfd/st,stpmic1.h
> > +++ b/include/dt-bindings/mfd/st,stpmic1.h
> > @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
> > -/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> > +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-3-Clause */
>
> The usual dual license for bindings is BSD-2-Clause, was there a
> specific request for the 3 version?

My mistake. Thanks for spotting that.
I have my company agreement for the 2 dual models: "OR BSD-2-Clause" and "OR BSD-3-Clause".
We expect to conform to DT bindings preferred licensing model. Indeed the kernel documentation explicitly mention "GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause".
We prefer to conform with it. I'll update my patch.

By the way, I'll fix Lee Jones e-mail address that is deprecated.

(fyi: I've sent PATCH v2: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240617092016.2958046-1-etienne.carriere@foss.st.com/)

BR,
Etienne


>
> >  /*
> >   * Copyright (C) STMicroelectronics 2018 - All Rights Reserved
> >   * Author: Philippe Peurichard <philippe.peurichard@st.com>,
> > --
> > 2.25.1
> >
>