[PATCH 25/27] ARM: mvebu: armada-xp-netgear-rn2120: Relicense the device tree under GPLv2+/X11

Arnaud Ebalard arno at natisbad.org
Mon Dec 15 09:59:12 PST 2014


Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement at free-electrons.com> writes:

> 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: Arnaud Ebalard <arno at natisbad.org>
> Cc: Philipp Zabel <p.zabel at pengutronix.de>
> Cc: Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth at gmail.com>
> Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com>
> Signed-off-by: Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement at free-electrons.com>

Acked-by: Arnaud Ebalard <arno at natisbad.org>


> ---
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-xp-netgear-rn2120.dts | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-xp-netgear-rn2120.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-xp-netgear-rn2120.dts
> index d81430aa4ab3..a7ceafd5808d 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-xp-netgear-rn2120.dts
> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-xp-netgear-rn2120.dts
> @@ -3,10 +3,43 @@
>   *
>   * Copyright (C) 2013, Arnaud EBALARD <arno at natisbad.org>
>   *
> - * 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 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
> + *     obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
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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:
> + *
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> + *
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>   */
>  
>  /dts-v1/;



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