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

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Date:   Mon, 28 Oct 2019 14:54:35 +0000
From:   "Kani, Toshi" <toshi.kani@....com>
To:     "dan.j.williams@...el.com" <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        "vishal.l.verma@...el.com" <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>,
        "d.scott.phillips@...el.com" <d.scott.phillips@...el.com>
CC:     "decui@...rosoft.com" <decui@...rosoft.com>,
        "linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org" <linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org>,
        "Hoemann, Jerry" <jerry.hoemann@....com>,
        "stuart.w.hayes@...il.com" <stuart.w.hayes@...il.com>,
        "dhowells@...hat.com" <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] uapi: Add the BSD-2-Clause license to ndctl.h

On Fri, 2019-10-25 at 22:56 +0000, Verma, Vishal L wrote:
> On Fri, 2019-10-25 at 15:45 -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 10:55 AM D Scott Phillips
> > <d.scott.phillips@...el.com> wrote:
> > > 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,
> > 
> > I have no problem with this change, but let's take the opportunity to
> > let SPDX do its job and drop the full license text.
> 
> This is fine by me too, barring the full license text vs. SPDX caveat
> Dan mentions.

I agree with the plan.

Thanks,
Toshi