linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ARM: mvebu: dove: Relicense the device tree under GPLv2+/X11

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Message-ID: <20150428194445.2ba2f337@armhf>
Date:	Tue, 28 Apr 2015 19:44:45 +0200
From:	Jean-Francois Moine <moinejf@...e.fr>
To:	Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com>
Cc:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>,
	Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel.garcia@...e-electrons.com>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: mvebu: dove: Relicense the device tree under
 GPLv2+/X11

On Tue, 28 Apr 2015 18:35:00 +0200
Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com> wrote:

> On 28.04.2015 17:59, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 11:09:04AM +0200, Sebastian Hesselbarth wrote:
> >> The current implicit GPL only licensing on the device tree 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 our device trees under a GPL/X11 dual-license.
> >>
> [...]
> >> so I decided to keep the whole relicensing in a single patch. Please send
> >> your Acked-by's in reply to this patch if you are happy with the relicensing.
> >
> > I normally don't include the "or later version" for my license changes
> > as I've only accepted to contribute under the terms of GPLv2.
> 
> Ok, I guess this is a NACK for GPLv2+ but an Acked-by if we limit the
> GPL part to GPLv2 only?
> 
> If so, is everybody else who already Acked the GPLv2+ part also fine
> with reducing the GPL version to "version 2 only" ?

Acked-by: Jean-Francois Moine <moinejf@...e.fr>

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