Re: [PATCH] ARM: mvebu: dove: Relicense the device tree under GPLv2+/X11
From: Jean-Francois Moine
Date: Tue Apr 28 2015 - 13:43:30 EST
On Tue, 28 Apr 2015 18:35:00 +0200
Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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" ?
Acked-by: Jean-Francois Moine <moinejf@xxxxxxx>
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