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

[Ezequiel Garcia]

On 04/28/2015 01:35 PM, Sebastian Hesselbarth 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" ?
> 

Yeah, I'm fine with this.

Acked-by: Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel.garcia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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