[PATCH v2 3/4] LICENSES: exceptions: factor out eCos-exception-2.0 for GPL

Ahmad Fatoum a.fatoum at pengutronix.de
Thu Nov 26 12:55:52 EST 2020


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>
---
v1 -> v2: dropped files that changed meanwhile (in next and earlier in
          the series)
---
 LICENSES/exceptions/eCos-exception-2.0 | 13 +++++++++++++
 drivers/serial/arm_dcc.c               | 21 +--------------------
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 20 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/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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