[U-Boot] [PATCH] libfdt: SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ BSD-2-Clause

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Sun Jul 28 17:20:34 CEST 2013


Dear Roger,

In message <04e501ce8ba3$08496180$18dc2480$@bufferoverflow.ch> you wrote:
>
> > I don;t really like picking up the original license text from a second
> > source (SPDX here) - I'd rather refer to some "original" version
> > published by the creator of the license.
> > 
> > Maybe we can find a better URI here?
> I agree, original version only we already have the SPDX Identifier.
>
> It's a difficult task with BSD licenses and I found no original source yet.

I agree - BSD and licenses has never been an easy task :-(

> should I rebase without an URL for BSD-2-Clause as long as we have the
> license in text form anyway?

No.  Please leave the SPDX reference as long as it's the best we can
get.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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