From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D31741171C; Wed, 22 May 2024 15:37:47 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1716392267; cv=none; b=FMK5ixOCcNUaWppvyEfrIVHoQ8z0oz8AzK74CfAhA0oP3FEH+V4Zmz12tC7N2sJrV/o+4eMFT6NtfZeaClX+MdmjJkVyS/dL5/1bL88FCywBwLCmS1AdW2IwYDdxWYqjS2CSFnP0fT17PfTSIbf3/wT0GVv6QeFpdlh59h+L9v4= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1716392267; c=relaxed/simple; bh=3YRIw4xGban3ncUZ5m5pmLWIF/RlgCbtMqm+fj2vRaI=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=Y2TCnEWQzGiWlXOBYfpBomqri8QoJuRPD7+TBosNAtsrFoOxiQlPerZ92L+ZPIRxG2UnpdpmACEBjBSNSsnf4rLPuXeDzR52N4SXSsqBk2pZxA0IqaBDkf1DuutfjZkJF63+euH6YqF2xRqmcIujUGfQZGfKmuia5iPfnmmxDbI= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=Top1XGc2; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="Top1XGc2" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B8B1CC32782; Wed, 22 May 2024 15:37:44 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1716392267; bh=3YRIw4xGban3ncUZ5m5pmLWIF/RlgCbtMqm+fj2vRaI=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=Top1XGc2EHvGIykobL/WY78wXCOg+w5a4zd0y+dm/qbjgLc3q8SxDIdiRjmoZ86wb YhJIwjF46lMw4UK0f8u8YsgrBaGhFsYQlTNuLvWr1u+agWobGjDF/uiq5K0cK128UQ CcvCU86D7bVM9PLCUxcU2L7FQX4eItVjH53WQUg1MybMFRNRn3slIElFLu6+9XqA/P 3vKKHlbIyt7BpajuUSElOlmtwdgGQ3HGN/BNYKbRNLMyZcBlakr6zGLI7shq3cE4Kg ROzqsFUBHWpdAx+gmTocP4lAfeg265n7ButbzdW08WCtA/zL8n3tbGELt1J07MYYX7 iVeXCwGpt4mvw== Date: Wed, 22 May 2024 16:37:42 +0100 From: Conor Dooley To: Nishanth Menon Cc: Paolo Abeni , Rob Herring , "Kumar, Udit" , vigneshr@ti.com, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org, krzk+dt@kernel.org, conor+dt@kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Kip Broadhurst , w.egorov@phytec.de Subject: Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: net: dp8386x: Add MIT license along with GPL-2.0 Message-ID: <20240522-trash-unshaven-226dba991c3f@spud> References: <20240517104226.3395480-1-u-kumar1@ti.com> <20240517-poster-purplish-9b356ce30248@spud> <20240517-fastball-stable-9332cae850ea@spud> <8e56ea52-9e58-4291-8f7f-4721dd74c72f@ti.com> <20240520-discard-fanatic-f8e686a4faad@spud> <20240520201807.GA1410789-robh@kernel.org> <20240522-vanquish-twirl-4f767578ee8d@spud> <20240522134001.tjgvzglufwmi3k75@imitate> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ppzR8UWyzGuYSJha" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20240522134001.tjgvzglufwmi3k75@imitate> --ppzR8UWyzGuYSJha Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 08:40:01AM -0500, Nishanth Menon wrote: > On 11:25-20240522, Conor Dooley wrote: > > On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 10:04:39AM +0200, Paolo Abeni wrote: > > > On Mon, 2024-05-20 at 15:18 -0500, Rob Herring wrote: > > > > On Mon, May 20, 2024 at 06:17:52PM +0100, Conor Dooley wrote: > > > > > On Sat, May 18, 2024 at 02:18:55PM +0530, Kumar, Udit wrote: > > > > > > Hi Conor > > > > > >=20 > > > > > > On 5/17/2024 8:11 PM, Conor Dooley wrote: > > > > > > > On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 03:39:20PM +0100, Conor Dooley wrote: > > > > > > > > On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 04:12:26PM +0530, Udit Kumar wrote: > > > > > > > > > Modify license to include dual licensing as GPL-2.0-only = OR MIT > > > > > > > > > license for TI specific phy header files. This allows for= Linux > > > > > > > > > kernel files to be used in other Operating System ecosyst= ems > > > > > > > > > such as Zephyr or FreeBSD. > > > > > > > > What's wrong with BSD-2-Clause, why not use that? > > > > > > > I cut myself off, I meant to say: > > > > > > > What's wrong with BSD-2-Clause, the standard dual license for > > > > > > > bindings, why not use that? > > > > > >=20 > > > > > > want to be inline with License of top level DTS, which is inclu= ding this > > > > > > header file > > > > >=20 > > > > > Unless there's a specific reason to use MIT (like your legal won'= t even > > > > > allow you to use BSD-2-Clause) then please just use the normal li= cense > > > > > for bindings here. > > > >=20 > > > > Aligning with the DTS files is enough reason for me as that's where= =20 > > > > these files are used. If you need to pick a permissive license for = both,=20 > > > > then yes, use BSD-2-Clause. Better yet, ask your lawyer. > > >=20 > > > Conor would you agree with Rob? - my take is that he is ok with this > > > patch. > >=20 > > I don't think whether or not I agree matters, Rob said it's fine so it's > > fine. >=20 > Just to close the loop here: Udit pointed me to this thread and having > gone through this already[1] with internal TI teams, the feedback we > have gotten from our licensing team (including legal) is to go with > GPL2 or MIT. BSD (2 and 3 clauses) were considered, but due to varied > reasons, dropped. > [1] https://serenity.dal.design.ti.com/lore/linux-patch-review/2024010923= 1804.3879513-1-nm@ti.com/ FWIW, this is some internal-only link. --ppzR8UWyzGuYSJha Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEABYIAB0WIQRh246EGq/8RLhDjO14tDGHoIJi0gUCZk4RRgAKCRB4tDGHoIJi 0m8iAP9jFWjwj8aEFrkB3HLKIlQDhPOWBuiUMMerAM0cG0KaMgD+NODN0v5Iasoe aS9UOo2PdFpVa3pipDsLL4zD3r8rkwE= =rWro -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ppzR8UWyzGuYSJha--