[PATCH 2/3] LICENSES: exceptions: factor out eCos-exception-2.0 for GPL

Ahmad Fatoum a.fatoum at pengutronix.de
Tue Nov 24 04:22:15 EST 2020


Hello Sascha,

On 24.11.20 09:44, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 05:01:27PM +0100, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
>> We have code imported from eCos that's licensed with this exception.
>> Replace instances of the exceptions with a SPDX-License-Identifier
>> referencing the exception in our LICENSES directory.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum at pengutronix.de>
>> ---
>>  LICENSES/exceptions/eCos-exception-2.0 | 13 +++++++++++++
>>  common/dummy_malloc.c                  | 21 +--------------------
>>  drivers/mtd/nand/nand_ecc.c            | 22 +---------------------
>>  drivers/serial/arm_dcc.c               | 21 +--------------------
>>  4 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 61 deletions(-)
>>  create mode 100644 LICENSES/exceptions/eCos-exception-2.0
>>
>> diff --git a/LICENSES/exceptions/eCos-exception-2.0 b/LICENSES/exceptions/eCos-exception-2.0
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000000..291103666f10
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/LICENSES/exceptions/eCos-exception-2.0
>> @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
>> +SPDX-Exception-Identifier: eCos-exception-2.0
>> +SPDX-URL: https://spdx.org/licenses/eCos-exception-2.0.html
>> +SPDX-Licenses: GPL-2.0-only, GPL-2.0-or-later, GPL-2.0, GPL-2.0+
>> +License-Text:
>> +  As a special exception, if other files instantiate templates or use macros or
>> +  inline functions from this file, or you compile this file and link it with
>> +  other works to produce a work based on this file, this file does not by itself
>> +  cause the resulting work to be covered by the GNU General Public License.
>> +  However the source code for this file must still be made available in
>> +  accordance with section (3) of the GNU General Public License.
>> +
>> +  This exception does not invalidate any other reasons why a work based on this
>> +  file might be covered by the GNU General Public License.
>> diff --git a/common/dummy_malloc.c b/common/dummy_malloc.c
>> index 0120d9be2e85..ed74bd2f2302 100644
>> --- a/common/dummy_malloc.c
>> +++ b/common/dummy_malloc.c
>> @@ -1,25 +1,6 @@
>> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only WITH eCos-exception-2.0 */
>>  /*
>>   * Copyright (C) 2013 Sascha Hauer <s.hauer at pengutronix.de>
>> - *
>> - * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
>> - * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
>> - * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
>> - *
>> - * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
>> - * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
>> - * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
>> - * GNU General Public License for more details.
>> - *
>> - *
>> - * As a special exception, if other files instantiate templates or use macros
>> - * or inline functions from this file, or you compile this file and link it
>> - * with other works to produce a work based on this file, this file does not
>> - * by itself cause the resulting work to be covered by the GNU General Public
>> - * License. However the source code for this file must still be made available
>> - * in accordance with section (3) of the GNU General Public License.
>> -
>> - * This exception does not invalidate any other reasons why a work based on
>> - * this file might be covered by the GNU General Public License.
>>   */
> 
> This looks like I accidently copied the wrong header. I don't think I
> did this on purpose. It doesn't make much sense to me when compiling
> against dummy malloc is different than compiling against tlsf malloc or
> dlmalloc.

You added the code so you know best. Feel free to change.

> 
>>  #include <common.h>
>>  #include <malloc.h>
>> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_ecc.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_ecc.c
>> index fd6ad7edc8e5..741282093df9 100644
>> --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_ecc.c
>> +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_ecc.c
> 
> I'll drop this hunk, it's gone with the recent NAND layer update.

Sorry about that. Forgot to rebase onto next.

Cheers,
Ahmad

> 
> Sascha
> 

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