[U-Boot] [IMPORTANT NOTE] License handling

[Albert ARIBAUD]

On Thu, 25 Jul 2013 21:20:58 +0200, Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de> wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> this is to raise your attention to some small but important change in
> the way we're dealing with software licenses in U-Boot.
> 
> Don't be afraid - the licensing itself does not change at all, we just
> change the way how we express the license terms in the source code.
> 
> Please see commit
> 
> eca3aeb   2013-07-24 09:44:16 -0400   Licenses: introduce SPDX Unique
>                                       Lincense Identifiers
> 
> What does that mean:
> 
> - New files being added to U-Boot should no longer include a
>   multi-line license header; instead, they shall contain a single line
>   Unique Lincense Identifier, i. e. a line like this:
> 
>   	SPDX-License-Identifier:        GPL-2.0+
> 
>   For details, please see   http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/Licensing
> 
> - Any help in cleaning up the remaining files (replacing existing
>   license headers by Unique Lincense Identifiers) is welcome - but
>   note that this is a task that needs to be done carefully - fully
>   automatic editing is not really an option, as for example some files
>   were found that included not one, but two (and incompatible!)
>   license headers, so it really needs careful consideration how to
>   resolve such issues.
> 
> 
> To all custodians:  please have a special look at any new code being
> added, and help guiding users to this new policy of using Unique
> Lincense Identifiers.

ARM-related repo custodians in particular, note that u-boot-arm/master
has merged current u-boot/master and that, at this time, there is no
stray licence comment block remaining in there. Please make sure your
PRs to ARM do not (re)introduce any.

> Thanks for all your help!

What Wolfgang said. :)

> Best regards,
> 
> Wolfgang Denk

Amicalement,
-- 
Albert.