[U-Boot] [PATCH 13/13] Blackfin: update license to Clear BSD license.

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Sun Sep 2 15:00:27 CEST 2012


Dear Bob Liu,

In message <1345526833-10804-13-git-send-email-lliubbo at gmail.com> you wrote:
>
> Per the request from ADI Legal.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sonic Zhang <sonic.zhang at analog.com>
> Signed-off-by: Bob Liu <lliubbo at gmail.com>
> ---
>  arch/blackfin/Clear_BSD.txt                    |   33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  arch/blackfin/cpu/bootcount.c                  |    2 +-
>  arch/blackfin/cpu/os_log.c                     |    2 +-
>  arch/blackfin/include/asm/mach-bf506/anomaly.h |    3 +--
>  arch/blackfin/include/asm/mach-bf518/anomaly.h |    3 +--
>  arch/blackfin/include/asm/mach-bf527/anomaly.h |    3 +--
>  arch/blackfin/include/asm/mach-bf533/anomaly.h |    3 +--
>  arch/blackfin/include/asm/mach-bf537/anomaly.h |    3 +--
>  arch/blackfin/include/asm/mach-bf538/anomaly.h |    3 +--
>  arch/blackfin/include/asm/mach-bf548/anomaly.h |    3 +--
>  arch/blackfin/include/asm/mach-bf561/anomaly.h |    3 +--
>  arch/blackfin/include/asm/mach-bf609/anomaly.h |    3 +--
>  12 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 arch/blackfin/Clear_BSD.txt
> 
> diff --git a/arch/blackfin/Clear_BSD.txt b/arch/blackfin/Clear_BSD.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..bfa4b37
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/arch/blackfin/Clear_BSD.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
> +The Clear BSD license:
> +
> +Copyright (c) 2012, Analog Devices, Inc.  All rights reserved.
> +
> +Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
> +modification, are permitted (subject to the limitations in the
> +disclaimer below) provided that the following conditions are met:
> +
> +* Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
> +   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
> +
> +* Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
> +   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
> +   documentation and/or other materials provided with the
> +   distribution.
> +
> +* Neither the name of Analog Devices, Inc.  nor the names of its
> +   contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
> +   from this software without specific prior written permission.

It's not at all clear to me to which file this license is supposed to
apply.  Also, are you absolutely sure that this is GPL compatible??


In any case, please squash this patch with the other parts of this
series.  It's a bad idea to knowingly add incorrect stuff and fix it
only later.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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