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

[Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@free-electrons.com>]

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@free-electrons.com>
Acked-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@free-electrons.com>

> ---
>  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@free-electrons.com>
>   *
> - * 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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