linux-kernel - 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 12:02:57 -0400
From:	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>,
	Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com>,
	Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>,
	"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: Relicensing tracepoints and markers to Dual LGPL v2.1/GPL v2,
	headers to Dual BSD/GPL

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 <jesper.juhl@...il.com>

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

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