Re: [PATCH 1/6] ARM: dts: berlin: relicense the berlin2q dtsi under GPLv2/X11

From: Alexandre Belloni
Date: Sun Apr 26 2015 - 17:19:54 EST


On 26/04/2015 at 16:03:28 +0200, Antoine Ténart wrote :
> The current GPLv2 only licensing on this dtsi 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
> this dtsi under a GPLv2/X11 dual-license.
>
> Signed-off-by: Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> arch/arm/boot/dts/berlin2q.dtsi | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/berlin2q.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/berlin2q.dtsi
> index be5397288d24..703ce384e0d7 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/berlin2q.dtsi
> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/berlin2q.dtsi
> @@ -1,9 +1,37 @@
> /*
> * Copyright (C) 2014 Antoine Ténart <antoine.tenart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> *
> - * This file is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
> - * License version 2. This program is licensed "as is" without any
> - * warranty of any kind, whether express or implied.
> + * 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 licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
> + * License version 2. This program is licensed "as is" without any
> + * warranty of any kind, whether express or implied.
> + *
> + * 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 "AS IS", 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.
> */
>
> #include <dt-bindings/clock/berlin2q.h>
> --
> 2.3.6
>

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