netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf] bpf: btf: Change tools/lib/bpf/btf to LGPL

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Date:   Mon, 6 Aug 2018 13:33:10 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
To:     Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>
Cc:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...com>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>, <kernel-team@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf] bpf: btf: Change tools/lib/bpf/btf to LGPL

On Sun, 5 Aug 2018 17:19:13 -0700, Martin KaFai Lau wrote:
> This patch changes the tools/lib/bpf/btf.[ch] to LGPL which
> is inline with libbpf also.

FWIW:

Reported-by: David Beckett <david.beckett@...ronome.com>

And in case removing code in 6534770d6f17 ("tools: bpf: fix BTF code
added twice to different trees") counts as a contribution:

Acked-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>

for the license change :)

> Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>
> ---
>  tools/lib/bpf/btf.c | 2 +-
>  tools/lib/bpf/btf.h | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
> index 2d270c560df3..c36a3a76986a 100644
> --- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
> +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
> @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
> -/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1
>  /* Copyright (c) 2018 Facebook */
>  
>  #include <stdlib.h>
> diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.h b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.h
> index e2a09a155f84..caac3a404dc5 100644
> --- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.h
> +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.h
> @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
> -/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1 */
>  /* Copyright (c) 2018 Facebook */
>  
>  #ifndef __BPF_BTF_H