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

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Message-ID: <41e30085-937a-410a-ac6a-189307a59319@lunn.ch>
Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 15:56:03 +0200
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Udit Kumar <u-kumar1@...com>
Cc: vigneshr@...com, nm@...com, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
	kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, robh@...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>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: net: dp8386x: Add MIT license along with
 GPL-2.0

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.
> 
> While at this, update the TI copyright year to sync with current year
> to indicate license change.
> 
> Cc: Kip Broadhurst <kbroadhurst@...com>
> Signed-off-by: Udit Kumar <u-kumar1@...com>
> ---
>  include/dt-bindings/net/ti-dp83867.h | 4 ++--
>  include/dt-bindings/net/ti-dp83869.h | 4 ++--
>  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/dt-bindings/net/ti-dp83867.h b/include/dt-bindings/net/ti-dp83867.h
> index 6fc4b445d3a1..2b7bc9c692f2 100644
> --- a/include/dt-bindings/net/ti-dp83867.h
> +++ b/include/dt-bindings/net/ti-dp83867.h
> @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
> -/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only OR MIT */
>  /*
>   * Device Tree constants for the Texas Instruments DP83867 PHY
>   *
>   * Author: Dan Murphy <dmurphy@...com>
>   *
> - * Copyright:   (C) 2015 Texas Instruments, Inc.
> + * Copyright:   (C) 2015-2024 Texas Instruments, Inc.
>   */

IANAL

but about 1/4 of this file was written by Wadim Egorov
<w.egorov@...tec.de>. It would be good to Cc: him and make sure he
does not object.

The other file is fine, it was all Dan Murphy's work.

     Andrew