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

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Date:	Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:08:51 +0800
From:	"Zhaolei" <zhaolei@...fujitsu.com>
To:	"Wu Fengguang" <fengguang.wu@...el.com>,
	"Jesper Juhl" <jj@...osbits.net>
Cc:	"Mathieu Desnoyers" <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>,
	"Adrian Bunk" <bunk@...sta.de>,
	"Harvey Harrison" <harvey.harrison@...il.com>,
	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>,
	"Jaswinder Singh Rajput" <jaswinderrajput@...il.com>,
	"GeunSik Lim" <leemgs1@...il.com>, "Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"Frederic Weisbecker" <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	"Steven Rostedt" <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	"Lai Jiangshan" <laijs@...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

* From: "Wu Fengguang" <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
Subject: Re: Relicensing tracepoints and markers to Dual LGPL v2.1/GPL v2,headers to Dual BSD/GPL


> On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 05:03:52AM +0800, Jesper Juhl wrote:
>> On Fri, 23 Oct 2009, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
>> 
>> > (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>
>> > 
>> 
>> I don't think I have enough significant changes in there to actually 
>> require my approval for relicensing, but since you ask; I personally 
>> do not have a problem with that file being Dual LGPL v2.1/GPL v2 
>> licensed.
> 
> Me too.
> 
> Thanks,
> Fengguang

Me too.

Thanks,
Zhaolei