Re: [PATCH] of: Update license for MIPS GIC header

[Andrew Bresticker]

Hi Gregory,

On Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 3:22 AM Gregory CLEMENT
<gregory.clement@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> According to Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.rst:
> "DT binding files should be dual-licensed." The second license should
> be a BSD-like license, allowing the use of the binding in projects
> other than Linux. Initially, this file was submitted without any
> license and was later automatically converted to the default Linux
> license. Let’s now update it to follow the preferred license for the
> binding.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Hi Andrew,
>
> I’m assuming you are the same Andrew Bresticker who initially wrote
> this file. As the author, would you agree to update the license for
> the reasons I outlined in the commit log? If you’re okay with this
> change, I believe an Acked-by tag would suffice.
>
> Let me know your thoughts.

Yes, that's me.

Acked-by: Andrew Bresticker <abrestic@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

> Gregory
> ---
>  include/dt-bindings/interrupt-controller/mips-gic.h | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/dt-bindings/interrupt-controller/mips-gic.h b/include/dt-bindings/interrupt-controller/mips-gic.h
> index bd45cee0c3f05..647f22d5f0622 100644
> --- a/include/dt-bindings/interrupt-controller/mips-gic.h
> +++ b/include/dt-bindings/interrupt-controller/mips-gic.h
> @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
> -/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR BSD-2-Clause */
>  #ifndef _DT_BINDINGS_INTERRUPT_CONTROLLER_MIPS_GIC_H
>  #define _DT_BINDINGS_INTERRUPT_CONTROLLER_MIPS_GIC_H
>
>
> ---
> base-commit: dcb6fa37fd7bc9c3d2b066329b0d27dedf8becaa
> change-id: 20251028-fix_gic_dt_licence-c876fd6d709e
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Grégory CLEMENT, Bootlin
> Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
> https://bootlin.com
>