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

Roland Hieber rhi at pengutronix.de
Thu Nov 26 09:48:29 EST 2020


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>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Roland Hieber <rhi 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.
>   */
>  #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
> @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later WITH eCos-exception-2.0 */
>  /*
>   * This file contains an ECC algorithm from Toshiba that detects and
>   * corrects 1 bit errors in a 256 byte block of data.
> @@ -10,27 +11,6 @@
>   * Copyright (C) 2006 Thomas Gleixner <tglx at linutronix.de>
>   *
>   * $Id: nand_ecc.c,v 1.15 2005/11/07 11:14:30 gleixner Exp $
> - *
> - * This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
> - * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
> - * Free Software Foundation; either version 2 or (at your option) any
> - * later version.
> - *
> - * This file 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 these files, or you compile these
> - * files and link them with other works to produce a work based on these
> - * files, these files do not by themselves cause the resulting work to be
> - * covered by the GNU General Public License. However the source code for
> - * these files 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.
>   */
>  
>  #include <linux/types.h>
> diff --git a/drivers/serial/arm_dcc.c b/drivers/serial/arm_dcc.c
> index e5f2bbe5e2ae..db0ee7fe0908 100644
> --- a/drivers/serial/arm_dcc.c
> +++ b/drivers/serial/arm_dcc.c
> @@ -1,26 +1,7 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only WITH eCos-exception-2.0 */
>  /*
>   * Copyright (C) 2004-2007 ARM Limited.
>   * Copyright (C) 2008 Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj at jcrosoft.com>
> - *
> - * 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.
>   */
>  
>  #include <common.h>
> -- 
> 2.29.2
> 
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