Re: [PATCH] dt-binding: gpio: publish binding IDs under dual license

From: Etienne Carriere
Date: Thu Aug 25 2022 - 18:07:22 EST


Hi Krzystof,

On Thu, 25 Aug 2022 at 13:10, Krzysztof Kozlowski
<krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 25/08/2022 13:45, Etienne Carriere wrote:
> > Changes gpio.h DT binding header file to be published under GPLv2 or
> > BSD-3-Clause license terms. This change allows these GPIO generic
> > bindings header file to be used in software components as bootloaders
> > and OSes that are not published under GPLv2 terms.
> >
> > All contributors to gpio.h file in copy.
> >
> > Cc: Stephen Warren <swarren@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Laxman Dewangan <ldewangan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Charles Keepax <ckeepax@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Andrew Jeffery <andrew@xxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Nuno Sá <nuno.sa@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Etienne Carriere <etienne.carriere@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > include/dt-bindings/gpio/gpio.h | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/dt-bindings/gpio/gpio.h b/include/dt-bindings/gpio/gpio.h
> > index 5566e58196a2..f8df7511b8b4 100644
> > --- a/include/dt-bindings/gpio/gpio.h
> > +++ b/include/dt-bindings/gpio/gpio.h
> > @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
> > -/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> > +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause) */
>
> Why BSD-3 clause? Bindings are expected to be "OR BSD-2-Clause".

Fair, 2-clause seems more used. Thanks.
I'll send a v2.

Br,
etienne

>
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof