linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] uapi: Add the BSD-2-Clause license to ndctl.h

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Date:   Fri, 25 Oct 2019 21:52:16 +0000
From:   Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>
To:     D Scott Phillips <d.scott.phillips@...el.com>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        Jerry Hoemann <jerry.hoemann@....com>,
        stuart hayes <stuart.w.hayes@...il.com>,
        Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@....com>,
        Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>,
        "linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org" <linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org>
CC:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] uapi: Add the BSD-2-Clause license to ndctl.h

> From: D Scott Phillips <d.scott.phillips@...el.com>
> Sent: Friday, October 25, 2019 10:56 AM
> To: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>; David Howells
> <dhowells@...hat.com>; Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>; Jerry
> Hoemann <jerry.hoemann@....com>; stuart hayes
> <stuart.w.hayes@...il.com>; Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@....com>; Vishal Verma
> <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>; linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: [PATCH] uapi: Add the BSD-2-Clause license to ndctl.h
> 
> Allow ndctl.h to be licensed with BSD-2-Clause so that other
> operating systems can provide the same user level interface.
> ---
> 
> I've been working on nvdimm support in FreeBSD and would like to
> offer the same ndctl API there to ease porting of application
> code. Here I'm proposing to add the BSD-2-Clause license to this
> header file, so that it can later be copied into FreeBSD.
> 
> I believe that all the authors of changes to this file (in the To:
> list) would need to agree to this change before it could be
> accepted, so any signed-off-by is intentionally ommited for now.
> Thanks,
> 
> Scott

Hi Scott,
I agree to make the change if Dan and Vishal also agree. :-)

Thanks,
-- Dexuan