[PATCH 4/4] ARM: dts: vf610-twr: relicense vf610-twr.dts under GPLv2/X11
Stefan Agner
stefan at agner.ch
Mon Nov 23 16:01:42 PST 2015
GPLv2-only devicetrees make reuse difficult for software components
licensed under a different license.
The consensus is that a GPL/X11 dual-license should allow all necessary
uses, so relicense the vf610-twr.dts file to this combination.
CCs were acquired using (updated some email addresses):
git shortlog -sne --no-merges arch/arm/boot/dts/vf610-twr.dts
CC: Bill Pringlemeir <bpringle at sympatico.ca>
CC: Chao Fu <B44548 at freescale.com>
CC: Cory Tusar <cory.tusar at pid1solutions.com>
CC: Cosmin Stoica <cosminstefan.stoica at freescale.com>
CC: Fugang Duan <B38611 at freescale.com>
CC: Jingchang Lu <b35083 at freescale.com>
CC: Shawn Guo <shawnguo at kernel.org>
CC: Xiubo Li <Li.Xiubo at freescale.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Agner <stefan at agner.ch>
---
arch/arm/boot/dts/vf610-twr.dts | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/vf610-twr.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/vf610-twr.dts
index 5438ee4..ce937b9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/vf610-twr.dts
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/vf610-twr.dts
@@ -1,10 +1,42 @@
/*
* Copyright 2013 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
*
- * This program 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 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
+ * version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * 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.
*/
/dts-v1/;
--
2.6.2
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