[PATCH] ARM: dts: BCM5301X: Relicense Asus RT-AC87U file to the GPL 2.0+ / MIT

Hauke Mehrtens hauke at hauke-m.de
Sat May 5 03:15:46 PDT 2018


On 05/04/2018 12:03 PM, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
> From: Rafał Miłecki <rafal at milecki.pl>
> 
> This matches licensing used by other BCM5301X files and is preferred as:
> 1) GPL 2.0+ makes is clearly compatible with Linux kernel
> 2) MIT is also permissive but preferred over ISC
> 
> This file were created and ever touched by a group of three people only:
> Álvaro, Hauke and me.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <rafal at milecki.pl>

Acked-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke at hauke-m.de>

> ---
> Álvaro, Hauke: I need approve for this change from each of you. If you
> are OK with it, can you reply with an Acked-by, please?
> ---
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm4709-asus-rt-ac87u.dts | 13 +------------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 12 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm4709-asus-rt-ac87u.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm4709-asus-rt-ac87u.dts
> index df473cc41572..22271818f901 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm4709-asus-rt-ac87u.dts
> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm4709-asus-rt-ac87u.dts
> @@ -1,20 +1,9 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later OR MIT
>  /*
>   * Broadcom BCM470X / BCM5301X ARM platform code.
>   * DTS for Asus RT-AC87U
>   *
>   * Copyright (C) 2015 Rafał Miłecki <zajec5 at gmail.com>
> - *
> - * Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
> - * purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
> - * copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
> - *
> - * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH
> - * REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
> - * AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT,
> - * INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM
> - * LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE
> - * OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR
> - * PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
>   */
>  
>  /dts-v1/;
> 




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