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

[Gregory CLEMENT]

On 26/01/2015 11:11, Lorenzo Pieralisi wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 03:38:16PM +0000, 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>
> 
> Acked-by: Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi at arm.com>

Great!

Thanks!

> 
>> ---
>>  arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-370-xp.dtsi | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>>  1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> 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
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>> + *     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
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>>   *
>>   * This file contains the definitions that are common to the Armada
>>   * 370 and Armada XP SoC.
>> -- 
>> 1.9.1
>>
>>


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