linux-kernel - Re: Device Tree Blob (DTB) licence

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Message-ID: <556A169E.8030909@myspectrum.nl>
Date:	Sat, 30 May 2015 21:59:26 +0200
From:	Jeroen Hofstee <linux-arm@...pectrum.nl>
To:	Yann Droneaud <ydroneaud@...eya.com>,
	Rob Herring <robherring2@...il.com>
CC:	freebsd-arm@...ebsd.org,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: Device Tree Blob (DTB) licence

Hi,

On 22-05-15 12:05, Yann Droneaud wrote:
> Le mardi 05 mai 2015 à 11:41 -0500, Rob Herring a écrit :
>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 5:05 AM, Yann Droneaud <ydroneaud@...eya.com>
>> wrote:
>>> I believe Device Tree Blob (.dtb file) built from kernel's Device
>>> Tree
>>> Sources (.dts, which #include .dtsi, which #include .h) using
>>> Device
>>> Tree Compiler (dtc) are covered by GNU General Public Licence v2
>>> (GPLv2), but cannot find any reference.
>> By default yes, but we've been steering people to dual license them
>> GPL/BSD.
>>
>

obviously these files should be reusable. If there is a license issue
with that it should be fixed. cc-ing freebsd-arm@...ebsd.org.

I am not a lawyer,

Jeroen
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