[PATCH v2 4/4] ARM: dts: imx6q-cm-fx6: Relicense under GPLv2/X11

Igor Grinberg grinberg at compulab.co.il
Mon Jun 6 00:53:26 PDT 2016


Hi Christopher,

On 06/05/2016 09:26 PM, christopher.spinrath at rwth-aachen.de wrote:
> From: Christopher Spinrath <christopher.spinrath at rwth-aachen.de>
> 
> GPLv2-only devicetrees make reuse difficult for software components
> licensed under a different license. In particular, the Utilite Pro
> devicetree file (which includes on imx6q-cm-fx5.dts) is already dual
                                               ^^^
That's a downgrade ;-)
With the above fixed, please add my ack below.

> licensed under GPLv2/X11.
> 
> Hence, relicense imx6q-cm-fx6.dts under GPLv2/X11 dual license.

Off topic of this patch, I think SPDX works much better than having
this huge license "hat" in each file.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Christopher Spinrath <christopher.spinrath at rwth-aachen.de>
> Cc: Igor Grinberg <grinberg at compulab.co.il>

Acked-by: Igor Grinberg <grinberg at compulab.co.il>

> ---
> 
> Changes since v1:
>  - new patch in v2; without it the dual licensed of the imx6q-utilite-pro.dts
>    is not really useful because it includes imx6q-cm-fx6.dts.
> 
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6q-cm-fx6.dts | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6q-cm-fx6.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6q-cm-fx6.dts
> index c6f0e58..fe2c868 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6q-cm-fx6.dts
> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6q-cm-fx6.dts
> @@ -3,12 +3,42 @@
>   *
>   * Author: Valentin Raevsky <valentin at compulab.co.il>
>   *
> - * The code contained herein is licensed under the GNU General Public
> - * License. You may obtain a copy of the GNU General Public License
> - * Version 2 or later at the following locations:
> + * 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.
>   *
> - * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.html
> - * http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
> + *  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/;
> 

-- 
Regards,
Igor.



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