[PATCH v2 2/4] common: dummy_malloc: remove unintended GPL2 eCos-exception-2.0

Ahmad Fatoum a.fatoum at pengutronix.de
Thu Nov 26 12:55:51 EST 2020


Apparently, the file should be GPL-2.0-only without exceptions:

On 24.11.20 09:44, Sascha Hauer wrote[1]:
> 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.

Ase dropping exceptions is no relicense, it's ok to do here without
acknowledgement from all authors. Do so.

[1]: <20201124084434.GC14718 at pengutronix.de>

Suggested-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer at pengutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum at pengutronix.de>
---
v1 -> v2: new patch
---
 common/dummy_malloc.c | 21 +--------------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/common/dummy_malloc.c b/common/dummy_malloc.c
index 0120d9be2e85..d99b5059cf91 100644
--- a/common/dummy_malloc.c
+++ b/common/dummy_malloc.c
@@ -1,25 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
  * 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>
-- 
2.29.2




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