From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Steve Rae Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 10:06:27 -0700 Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH v5 0/4] Implement "fastboot flash" for eMMC In-Reply-To: <20140828132428.GA19374@bill-the-cat> References: <1408823626-12744-1-git-send-email-srae@broadcom.com> <20140825165756.67a1ce84@amdc2363> <53FB6E04.20708@broadcom.com> <20140826111431.40380f08@amdc2363> <53FCB585.1030308@broadcom.com> <20140827090409.2de6b11c@amdc2363> <20140828132428.GA19374@bill-the-cat> Message-ID: <53FF6193.9010705@broadcom.com> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de On 14-08-28 06:24 AM, Tom Rini wrote: > On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 09:04:09AM +0200, Lukasz Majewski wrote: >> Hi Steve, >> >>> >>> >>> On 14-08-26 02:14 AM, Lukasz Majewski wrote: >>>> Hi Steve, >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 14-08-25 07:57 AM, Lukasz Majewski wrote: [.. snip ...] >>>> >>>> Is fair as I know bsd-3L-clause license is compatible with GPL. >>>> >>>> However, to be 100% sure I'd like to ask Tom (as he has much more >>>> legal experience than me) to confirm that this code can be added to >>>> u-boot. >>>> >>> OK -- note that this "bsd-3L-clause" clause is almost identical to >>> the existing "bsd-3-clause".... >> >> Tom, could you give your opinion on this? > > So, upstream made a slight (and likely unintentional) change to the > normal BSD 3 clause license and changed the last clause from "the > copyright holders" to "The Linux Foundation". I've poked our legal dept > about this but I suspect the best answer is to go back up to Android > folks and ask them to fix this quite likely unintentional change. > Actually, there are three diffs, and I am thinking that they were intentional (especially the last one!): $ diff bsd-3-clause.txt bsd-3L-clause.txt 5,6c5 < notice, this list of conditions, and the following disclaimer, < without modification. --- > notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 10,12c9,12 < 3. The names of the above-listed copyright holders may not be used < to endorse or promote products derived from this software without < specific prior written permission. --- > 3. Neither the name of The Linux Foundation nor > the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote > products derived from this software without specific prior written > permission. 16,17c16,17 < THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR < PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR --- > THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND > NON-INFRINGEMENT ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR So, would U-Boot accept this BSD-3L-Clause, or should I contact Colin Cross to attempt to get a BSD-3-Clause version, or ???? Thanks, Steve