linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: net: dp8386x: Add MIT license along with GPL-2.0

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Date: Wed, 22 May 2024 10:04:39 +0200
From: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
To: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>
Cc: "Kumar, Udit" <u-kumar1@...com>, vigneshr@...com, nm@...com, 
 davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
 krzk+dt@...nel.org,  conor+dt@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 devicetree@...r.kernel.org,  linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Kip Broadhurst
 <kbroadhurst@...com>,  w.egorov@...tec.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: net: dp8386x: Add MIT license along with
 GPL-2.0

On Mon, 2024-05-20 at 15:18 -0500, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Mon, May 20, 2024 at 06:17:52PM +0100, Conor Dooley wrote:
> > On Sat, May 18, 2024 at 02:18:55PM +0530, Kumar, Udit wrote:
> > > Hi Conor
> > > 
> > > On 5/17/2024 8:11 PM, Conor Dooley wrote:
> > > > On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 03:39:20PM +0100, Conor Dooley wrote:
> > > > > On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 04:12:26PM +0530, Udit Kumar wrote:
> > > > > > Modify license to include dual licensing as GPL-2.0-only OR MIT
> > > > > > license for TI specific phy header files. This allows for Linux
> > > > > > kernel files to be used in other Operating System ecosystems
> > > > > > such as Zephyr or FreeBSD.
> > > > > What's wrong with BSD-2-Clause, why not use that?
> > > > I cut myself off, I meant to say:
> > > > What's wrong with BSD-2-Clause, the standard dual license for
> > > > bindings, why not use that?
> > > 
> > > want to be inline with License of top level DTS, which is including this
> > > header file
> > 
> > Unless there's a specific reason to use MIT (like your legal won't even
> > allow you to use BSD-2-Clause) then please just use the normal license
> > for bindings here.
> 
> Aligning with the DTS files is enough reason for me as that's where 
> these files are used. If you need to pick a permissive license for both, 
> then yes, use BSD-2-Clause. Better yet, ask your lawyer.

Conor would you agree with Rob? - my take is that he is ok with this
patch.

I guess this should go via the net-next tree, right?

If so, the net-next tree is currently closed for the merge window,
@Kumar, if Conor agrees, please repost this patch after May 26th.

Thanks,

Paolo