[PATCH v3 4/4] ARM: dts: imx6q-cm-fx6: Relicense under GPLv2/X11

christopher.spinrath at rwth-aachen.de christopher.spinrath at rwth-aachen.de
Tue Jun 7 10:14:18 PDT 2016


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 imx6q-cm-fx6.dts) is already dual
licensed under GPLv2/X11.

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

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

Notes:
    Changes since v2:
     - fix typo in commit message
     - add Igor's Acked-By (replacing the Cc)
    
    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 1ec3186..6d8d5e9 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:
+ *
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+ *
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+ *     WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
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  */
 
 /dts-v1/;
-- 
2.8.3




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