[PATCH 08/27] ARM: mvebu: armada-370-xp: Relicense the device tree under GPLv2+/X11

[Gregory CLEMENT]

Hi Simon,

On 18/12/2014 18:56, Simon Guinot wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 12:22:21AM +0100, Simon Guinot wrote:
>> On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 04:38:16PM +0100, Gregory CLEMENT wrote:
>>> The current GPL only licensing on the device tree makes it very
>>> impractical for other software components licensed under another
>>> license.
>>>
>>> In order to make it easier for them to reuse our device trees,
>>> relicense our device trees under a GPL/X11 dual-license.
>>>
>>> Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew at lunn.ch>
>>> Cc: Arnaud Ebalard <arno at natisbad.org>
>>> Cc: Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel.garcia at free-electrons.com>
>>> Cc: Greg Ungerer <gerg at uclinux.org>
>>> Cc: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus at linux.intel.com>
>>> Cc: Jason Cooper <jason at lakedaemon.net>
>>> Cc: Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi at arm.com>
>>> Cc: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu at nigauri.org>
>>> Cc: Simon Baatz <gmbnomis at gmail.com>
>>> Cc: Simon Guinot <simon.guinot at sequanux.org>
>>> Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com>
>>> Cc: Willy Tarreau <w at 1wt.eu>
>>> Signed-off-by: Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement at free-electrons.com>
>>> ---
>>>  arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-370-xp.dtsi | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>>>  1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> Hi Gregory,
>>
>> NAK for me.
> 
> After some thoughts I changed my mind about this. I can't see no point
> in forcing people to rewrite a commit for a single line which is even
> not covered by my copyright...

Many thanks! I highly appreciate your good will :)

> 
> Then, for the armada-370-xp.dtsi file:
> 
> Acked-by: Simon Guinot <simon.guinot at sequanux.org>
> 
> Simon
> 
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-370-xp.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-370-xp.dtsi
>>> index 1af428602748..8a322ad57e5f 100644
>>> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-370-xp.dtsi
>>> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-370-xp.dtsi
>>> @@ -8,9 +8,43 @@
>>>   * Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com>
>>>   * Ben Dooks <ben.dooks at codethink.co.uk>
>>>   *
>>> - * This file is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
>>> - * License version 2.  This program is licensed "as is" without any
>>> - * warranty of any kind, whether express or implied.
>>> + * This file is dual-licensed: you can use it either under the terms
>>> + * of the GPL or the X11 license, at your option. Note that this dual
>>> + * licensing only applies to this file, and not this project as a
>>> + * whole.
>>> + *
>>> + *  a) 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 of the
>>> + *     License, 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.
>>> + *
>>> + * Or, alternatively
>>> + *
>>> + *  b) Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
>>> + *     obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
>>> + *     files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
>>> + *     restriction, including without limitation the rights to use
>>> + *     copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
>>> + *     sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
>>> + *     Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following
>>> + *     conditions:
>>> + *
>>> + *     The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
>>> + *     included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
>>> + *
>>> + *     THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED , WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND
>>> + *     EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES
>>> + *     OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
>>> + *     NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
>>> + *     HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY
>>> + *     WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
>>> + *     FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
>>> + *     OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
>>>   *
>>>   * This file contains the definitions that are common to the Armada
>>>   * 370 and Armada XP SoC.
>>> -- 
>>> 1.9.1
> 
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