Re: [PATCH] ARM: mvebu: dove: Relicense the device tree under GPLv2+/X11

[Sebastian Hesselbarth]

On 28.04.2015 17:59, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 11:09:04AM +0200, Sebastian Hesselbarth wrote:
> > The current implicit GPL only licensing on the device tree makes it
> > very impractical for other software components licensed under another
> > license.
> >
> > In order to make it easier for them to reuse our device trees,
> > relicense our device trees under a GPL/X11 dual-license.
[...]
> > so I decided to keep the whole relicensing in a single patch. Please send
> > your Acked-by's in reply to this patch if you are happy with the relicensing.
>
> I normally don't include the "or later version" for my license changes
> as I've only accepted to contribute under the terms of GPLv2.

Ok, I guess this is a NACK for GPLv2+ but an Acked-by if we limit the
GPL part to GPLv2 only?

If so, is everybody else who already Acked the GPLv2+ part also fine
with reducing the GPL version to "version 2 only" ?

Sebastian

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