[PATCH] misc: hpilo: relicense HPE iLO driver as Dual MIT/GPL

[PATCH] misc: hpilo: relicense HPE iLO driver as Dual MIT/GPL

[matt.hsiao]

From: Matt Hsiao <matt.hsiao@hpe.com>

Currently, the hpilo driver is licensed as GPL. To run OpenBSD on HPE
servers with BMC (HPE iLO) functionality, a dual MIT/GPL license is needed
for porting the hpilo driver to OpenBSD.

Signed-off-by: Matt Hsiao <matt.hsiao@hpe.com>
---

Hello contributors in the CC list,

Thanks for your contributions to the hpilo driver. Please kindly review
the license change and hopefully you would agree and approve it. Thanks!

 drivers/misc/hpilo.c | 2 +-
 drivers/misc/hpilo.h | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/hpilo.c b/drivers/misc/hpilo.c
index 8d00df9243c4..6a06b6485950 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/hpilo.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/hpilo.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR MIT
 /*
  * Driver for the HP iLO management processor.
  *
diff --git a/drivers/misc/hpilo.h b/drivers/misc/hpilo.h
index d57c34680b09..581dfd7834b8 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/hpilo.h
+++ b/drivers/misc/hpilo.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR MIT */
 /*
  * linux/drivers/char/hpilo.h
  *
-- 
2.16.6

Re: [PATCH] misc: hpilo: relicense HPE iLO driver as Dual MIT/GPL

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Wed, Nov 16, 2022, at 10:47, matt.hsiao@hpe.com wrote:
> From: Matt Hsiao <matt.hsiao@hpe.com>
>
> Currently, the hpilo driver is licensed as GPL. To run OpenBSD on HPE
> servers with BMC (HPE iLO) functionality, a dual MIT/GPL license is needed
> for porting the hpilo driver to OpenBSD.
>
> Signed-off-by: Matt Hsiao <matt.hsiao@hpe.com>

Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

Re: [PATCH] misc: hpilo: relicense HPE iLO driver as Dual MIT/GPL

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Wed, Nov 16, 2022, at 10:51, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 16, 2022, at 10:47, matt.hsiao@hpe.com wrote:
>> From: Matt Hsiao <matt.hsiao@hpe.com>
>>
>> Currently, the hpilo driver is licensed as GPL. To run OpenBSD on HPE
>> servers with BMC (HPE iLO) functionality, a dual MIT/GPL license is needed
>> for porting the hpilo driver to OpenBSD.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Matt Hsiao <matt.hsiao@hpe.com>
>
> Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

To clarify: this is for the changes I did to this driver, they are
fairly minimal. I have not checked who else contributed here that
has to agree before the change can get applied.

      Arnd

Re: [PATCH] misc: hpilo: relicense HPE iLO driver as Dual MIT/GPL

[Jiri Slaby]

On 16. 11. 22, 10:47, matt.hsiao@hpe.com wrote:
> From: Matt Hsiao <matt.hsiao@hpe.com>
> 
> Currently, the hpilo driver is licensed as GPL. To run OpenBSD on HPE
> servers with BMC (HPE iLO) functionality, a dual MIT/GPL license is needed
> for porting the hpilo driver to OpenBSD.

What about the MODULE_LICENSE() change to "Dual MIT/GPL" too?

Acked-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org>

> Signed-off-by: Matt Hsiao <matt.hsiao@hpe.com>
> ---
> 
> Hello contributors in the CC list,
> 
> Thanks for your contributions to the hpilo driver. Please kindly review
> the license change and hopefully you would agree and approve it. Thanks!
> 
>   drivers/misc/hpilo.c | 2 +-
>   drivers/misc/hpilo.h | 2 +-
>   2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/hpilo.c b/drivers/misc/hpilo.c
> index 8d00df9243c4..6a06b6485950 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/hpilo.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/hpilo.c
> @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
> -// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR MIT
>   /*
>    * Driver for the HP iLO management processor.
>    *
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/hpilo.h b/drivers/misc/hpilo.h
> index d57c34680b09..581dfd7834b8 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/hpilo.h
> +++ b/drivers/misc/hpilo.h
> @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
> -/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR MIT */
>   /*
>    * linux/drivers/char/hpilo.h
>    *

-- 
js
suse labs

Re: [PATCH] misc: hpilo: relicense HPE iLO driver as Dual MIT/GPL

[Matt Hsiao]

On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 11:10:40AM +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> On 16. 11. 22, 10:47, matt.hsiao@hpe.com wrote:
> >From: Matt Hsiao <matt.hsiao@hpe.com>
> >
> >Currently, the hpilo driver is licensed as GPL. To run OpenBSD on HPE
> >servers with BMC (HPE iLO) functionality, a dual MIT/GPL license is needed
> >for porting the hpilo driver to OpenBSD.
> 
> What about the MODULE_LICENSE() change to "Dual MIT/GPL" too?

Good catch! Thanks!
Will do v2 patch.

> 
> Acked-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org>
> 
> >Signed-off-by: Matt Hsiao <matt.hsiao@hpe.com>
> >---
> >
> >Hello contributors in the CC list,
> >
> >Thanks for your contributions to the hpilo driver. Please kindly review
> >the license change and hopefully you would agree and approve it. Thanks!
> >
> >  drivers/misc/hpilo.c | 2 +-
> >  drivers/misc/hpilo.h | 2 +-
> >  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> >diff --git a/drivers/misc/hpilo.c b/drivers/misc/hpilo.c
> >index 8d00df9243c4..6a06b6485950 100644
> >--- a/drivers/misc/hpilo.c
> >+++ b/drivers/misc/hpilo.c
> >@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
> >-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> >+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR MIT
> >  /*
> >   * Driver for the HP iLO management processor.
> >   *
> >diff --git a/drivers/misc/hpilo.h b/drivers/misc/hpilo.h
> >index d57c34680b09..581dfd7834b8 100644
> >--- a/drivers/misc/hpilo.h
> >+++ b/drivers/misc/hpilo.h
> >@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
> >-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> >+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR MIT */
> >  /*
> >   * linux/drivers/char/hpilo.h
> >   *
> 
> -- 
> js
> suse labs

Re: [PATCH] misc: hpilo: relicense HPE iLO driver as Dual MIT/GPL

[Greg KH]

On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 05:47:12PM +0800, matt.hsiao@hpe.com wrote:
> From: Matt Hsiao <matt.hsiao@hpe.com>
> 
> Currently, the hpilo driver is licensed as GPL. To run OpenBSD on HPE
> servers with BMC (HPE iLO) functionality, a dual MIT/GPL license is needed
> for porting the hpilo driver to OpenBSD.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matt Hsiao <matt.hsiao@hpe.com>

For dual-license stuff like this, I need to see a signed-off-by: from
your corporate lawyer so that we know that they fully understand the
issues involved here with dual licenses.

You are free to take your original version from your company and submit
it to the BSD codebase, but when taking it from Linux like this, there
is a lot more process and issues involved and so we need HPE's lawyers
to sign off.

Without that, sorry, I can't take this change.

greg k-h