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

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

[Etienne Carriere]

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

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

[Conor Dooley]

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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?

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

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

[Etienne CARRIERE - foss]

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
> >
>