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From: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
To: Udit Kumar <u-kumar1@ti.com>
Cc: vigneshr@ti.com, nm@ti.com, tglx@linutronix.de,
	tpiepho@impinj.com, w.egorov@phytec.de, andrew@lunn.ch,
	davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
	pabeni@redhat.com, krzk+dt@kernel.org, conor+dt@kernel.org,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	Kip Broadhurst <kbroadhurst@ti.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] dt-bindings: net: dp8386x: Add MIT license along with GPL-2.0
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2024 09:56:59 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240605155659.GA3213669-robh@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240531165725.1815176-1-u-kumar1@ti.com>

On Fri, May 31, 2024 at 10:27:25PM +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 ecosystems
> such as Zephyr or FreeBSD.
> 
> While at this, update the GPL-2.0 to be GPL-2.0-only to be in sync
> with latest SPDX conventions (GPL-2.0 is deprecated).
> 
> While at this, update the TI copyright year to sync with current year
> to indicate license change.
> 
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>

You don't need Thomas's ack for what was just boilerplate license text 
to SPDX tag.

> Cc: Trent Piepho <tpiepho@impinj.com>

IANAL, but 1 define doesn't make for copyrightable work.

> Cc: Wadim Egorov <w.egorov@phytec.de>
> Cc: Kip Broadhurst <kbroadhurst@ti.com>
> Signed-off-by: Udit Kumar <u-kumar1@ti.com>
> ---
> Changelog:
> Changes in v2:
> - Updated Copyright information as per review comments of v1
> - Added all authors[0] in CC list of patch
> - Extended patch to LAKML list
> v1 link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240517104226.3395480-1-u-kumar1@ti.com/
> 
> [0] Patch cc list is based upon (I am representing @ti.com for this patch)
> git log --no-merges --pretty="%ae" $files|grep -v "@ti.com"
> 
> Requesting Acked-by, from the CC list of patch at the earliest
> 
> 
>  include/dt-bindings/net/ti-dp83867.h | 4 ++--
>  include/dt-bindings/net/ti-dp83869.h | 4 ++--
>  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>

  parent reply	other threads:[~2024-06-05 15:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-05-31 16:57 [PATCH v2] dt-bindings: net: dp8386x: Add MIT license along with GPL-2.0 Udit Kumar
2024-05-31 17:48 ` Wadim Egorov
2024-06-05 15:56 ` Rob Herring [this message]
2024-06-05 19:23   ` Jakub Kicinski
2024-06-06  4:44     ` Kumar, Udit
2024-06-07 11:20 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf

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