From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from fllv0016.ext.ti.com (fllv0016.ext.ti.com [198.47.19.142]) (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 52B457D071; Wed, 22 May 2024 17:40:08 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=198.47.19.142 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1716399610; cv=none; b=aqTtbg2KZVPE8Uueg0fuOyahzddNqMpKtglre52/mpRxViO9QufZKkH0BAPchzQsIMfqWhVGg5dhaHY4EsL6v2puDrzN7crJMQBOwtogcYHl89xmlXOJKk3qlOWRIJ1mbvrjnagoC6l474d8Xl4aWYkiHsgku1HDf/BmceO2/e4= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1716399610; c=relaxed/simple; bh=rvyON9Eez4+bgszygh1Bb1QcvHtLRDv9uBENZwvOqgk=; h=Message-ID:Date:MIME-Version:Subject:To:CC:References:From: In-Reply-To:Content-Type; b=HvuITG6YRcU1FX9yt3/PCgs1pnJwCTFalA9vy9unmW2pvjPU017MJPiWb3+fG6qWIlhiqQoRYbMuTZfqHbLDTSfPxIdx61NswSMpfAvt/V6zx1kdv9Em/bRhajoHmfECDLnlfKePb8W3mD6yiKgbNO5U2dYwk2naenum8xyLxak= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=ti.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=ti.com; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=ti.com header.i=@ti.com header.b=lbnWxyF2; arc=none smtp.client-ip=198.47.19.142 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=ti.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=ti.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=ti.com header.i=@ti.com header.b="lbnWxyF2" Received: from lelv0265.itg.ti.com ([10.180.67.224]) by fllv0016.ext.ti.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 44MHdgZ2058268; Wed, 22 May 2024 12:39:42 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ti.com; s=ti-com-17Q1; t=1716399583; bh=96umGE7Q8x9vdEdBBDF/Aa24QRAMgPy3dYLj6BJie8k=; h=Date:Subject:To:CC:References:From:In-Reply-To; b=lbnWxyF2XCnoOX2VMR21xaTV+WQlRqXc/+PCmgxkXrFUkHlyUtAJfF5OrLaPD67J5 h4u5U7qoxy7u9LjpgIUxZtzcTN7ZR19a1eHDhfv3e7HpnWER/dJDV0ahkhykCG26CQ rvtKjnvwJGPpfelmmrHdOBvyrC94axaVqDm/HUxw= Received: from DLEE101.ent.ti.com (dlee101.ent.ti.com [157.170.170.31]) by lelv0265.itg.ti.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id 44MHdgTM024507 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=FAIL); Wed, 22 May 2024 12:39:42 -0500 Received: from DLEE101.ent.ti.com (157.170.170.31) by DLEE101.ent.ti.com (157.170.170.31) with Microsoft SMTP Server (version=TLS1_2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256_P256) id 15.1.2507.23; Wed, 22 May 2024 12:39:42 -0500 Received: from lelvsmtp5.itg.ti.com (10.180.75.250) by DLEE101.ent.ti.com (157.170.170.31) with Microsoft SMTP Server (version=TLS1_2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256_P256) id 15.1.2507.23 via Frontend Transport; Wed, 22 May 2024 12:39:42 -0500 Received: from [10.249.141.75] ([10.249.141.75]) by lelvsmtp5.itg.ti.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 44MHdaJM018757; Wed, 22 May 2024 12:39:37 -0500 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 22 May 2024 23:09:36 +0530 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: net: dp8386x: Add MIT license along with GPL-2.0 To: Nishanth Menon , Conor Dooley , Rob Herring , Paolo Abeni , Andrew Lunn CC: , , , , , , , , , Kip Broadhurst , , 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> Content-Language: en-US From: "Kumar, Udit" In-Reply-To: <20240522134001.tjgvzglufwmi3k75@imitate> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-EXCLAIMER-MD-CONFIG: e1e8a2fd-e40a-4ac6-ac9b-f7e9cc9ee180 Thanks all for review On 5/22/2024 7:10 PM, 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 >>>>>> >>>>>> 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 ecosystems >>>>>>>>> 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? >>>>>> want to be inline with License of top level DTS, which is including this >>>>>> header file >>>>> 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 license >>>>> for bindings here. >>>> Aligning with the DTS files is enough reason for me as that's where >>>> these files are used. If you need to pick a permissive license for both, >>>> then yes, use BSD-2-Clause. Better yet, ask your lawyer. >>> Conor would you agree with Rob? - my take is that he is ok with this >>> patch. >> I don't think whether or not I agree matters, Rob said it's fine so it's >> fine. > 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. > > That said, Udit, since you are touching this, please update in the next > revision: > Copyright: (C) 2015-2024 Texas Instruments, Inc. > to > Copyright (C) 2015-2024 Texas Instruments Incorporated - https://www.ti.com/ will post v2 with these changes after merge window is open. Along with that in v2 will copy other contributors as well, who are including these files. > [1] https://serenity.dal.design.ti.com/lore/linux-patch-review/20240109231804.3879513-1-nm@ti.com/ >