linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: mfd: dual licensing for st,stpmic1 bindings

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Message-ID: <20240615-booted-spoon-f538994dec8f@spud>
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2024 13:14:48 +0100
From: Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>
To: Etienne Carriere <etienne.carriere@...s.st.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
	Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>,
	Pascal Paillet <p.paillet@...com>, Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: mfd: dual licensing for st,stpmic1 bindings

On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 05:33:46PM +0200, Etienne Carriere wrote:
> Change include/dt-bindings/mfd/st,stpmic1.h license model from GPLv2.0
> only to dual GPLv2.0 or BSD-3-Clause. I have every legitimacy to request
> this change on behalf of STMicroelectronics. This change clarifies that
> this DT binding header file can be shared with software components as
> bootloaders and OSes that are not published under GPLv2 terms.
> 
> In CC are all the contributors to this header file.
> 
> Cc: Pascal Paillet <p.paillet@...com>
> Cc: Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
> Cc: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Etienne Carriere <etienne.carriere@...s.st.com>
> ---
>  include/dt-bindings/mfd/st,stpmic1.h | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/dt-bindings/mfd/st,stpmic1.h b/include/dt-bindings/mfd/st,stpmic1.h
> index 321cd08797d9..957c48300cd4 100644
> --- a/include/dt-bindings/mfd/st,stpmic1.h
> +++ b/include/dt-bindings/mfd/st,stpmic1.h
> @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
> -/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-3-Clause */

The usual dual license for bindings is BSD-2-Clause, was there a
specific request for the 3 version?

>  /*
>   * Copyright (C) STMicroelectronics 2018 - All Rights Reserved
>   * Author: Philippe Peurichard <philippe.peurichard@...com>,
> -- 
> 2.25.1
> 

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