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

From: Etienne Carriere
Date: Thu Aug 25 2022 - 18:20:55 EST


Hello Rob,

Many thanks for the feedback.

Regards,
Etienne

On Thu, 25 Aug 2022 at 18:05, Rob Herring <robh+dt@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 5:45 AM Etienne Carriere
> <etienne.carriere@xxxxxxxxxx> 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>
>
> We have NVIDIA permission for anything in bindings and NVIDIA
> relicensed the irq headers, so I think it shouldn't be a problem.
>
> > Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> FYI, There is blanket approval from Linaro to relicense DT files.
>
> > Cc: Laxman Dewangan <ldewangan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Charles Keepax <ckeepax@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> I don't think a. blank line is copyrightable.

>
> > 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(-)