linux-kernel - Re: Relicensing tracepoints and markers to Dual LGPL v2.1/GPL v2, headers to Dual BSD/GPL

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Date:	Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:06:32 -0400
From:	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>,
	Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com>,
	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>,
	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>,
	Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderrajput@...il.com>,
	GeunSik Lim <leemgs1@...il.com>,
	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>,
	Zhao Lei <zhaolei@...fujitsu.com>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Dominique Toupin <dominique.toupin@...csson.com>,
	Michel Dagenais <michel.dagenais@...ymtl.ca>,
	Pierre-Marc Fournier <pierre-marc.fournier@...ymtl.ca>
Subject: Re: Relicensing tracepoints and markers to Dual LGPL v2.1/GPL v2,
	headers to Dual BSD/GPL

(updated email for Jesper Juhl)

* Mathieu Desnoyers (mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca) wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to re-license the tracepoint.c/marker.c files from GPL to:
> 
> * Dual LGPL v2.1/GPL v2 license.
> 
> And re-license tracepoint.h/marker.h to:
> 
> * Dual BSD/GPL v2 license.
> 
> The goal is to allow sharing code between the kernel tracer and UST
> (User-Space Tracer) project, which is a LGPL v2.1 library. Tracepoint
> and marker headers might need to be included by proprietary or BSD
> applications, hence the dual BSD/GPL v2 license for these two.
> 
> I currently have the OK from Kosaki Motohiro for Fujitsu contributions,
> which includes Zhao Lei and Lai Jiangshan.
> 
> The missing approvals for Dual LGPL v2.1/GPL v2 relicensing are:
> 
> For tracepoint.c:
> 
> Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderrajput@...il.com>
> 
> For marker.c:
> 
> "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>
> Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
> Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com>

Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>

> 
> The missing approvals for Dual BSD/GPL relicensing are:
> 
> For tracepoint.h:
> 
> GeunSik Lim <leemgs1@...il.com>
> Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> 
> For marker.h:
> 
> Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
> Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
> 
> Note that the markers are now removed from the Linux kernel, but I still
> use them temporarily in the LTTng tree (until we do the switch to
> TRACE_EVENT). It's therefore also used by UST currently.
> 
> Note, you may also need to get permission from your corporation to allow
> this.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mathieu
> 
> -- 
> Mathieu Desnoyers
> OpenPGP key fingerprint: 8CD5 52C3 8E3C 4140 715F  BA06 3F25 A8FE 3BAE 9A68

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