[U-Boot] [PATCH v2 3/4] cleanup code which handles the Android sparse image format

[Steve Rae]

On 14-08-28 12:43 PM, Tom Rini wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 10:53:53AM -0700, Steve Rae wrote:
>> - update license format
>> - port dprintf() to debug()
>> - update formatting
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Steve Rae <srae at broadcom.com>
>> ---
>>
>> Changes in v2:
>> - use BSD-3-Clause
>>
>>   common/aboot.c | 120 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------------
>>   1 file changed, 55 insertions(+), 65 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/common/aboot.c b/common/aboot.c
>> index a302c92..351199e 100644
>> --- a/common/aboot.c
>> +++ b/common/aboot.c
>> @@ -3,31 +3,9 @@
>>    * All rights reserved.
>>    *
>>    * Copyright (c) 2009-2014, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
>> + * Portions Copyright 2014 Broadcom Corporation.
>>    *
>> - * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
>> - * modification, are permitted 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 The Linux Foundation nor
>> - *       the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote
>> - *       products derived from this software without specific prior written
>> - *       permission.
>> - *
>> - * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
>> - * AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
>> - * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
>> - * NON-INFRINGEMENT ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR
>> - * CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
>> - * EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
>> - * PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS;
>> - * OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
>> - * WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR
>> - * OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
>> - * ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
>> - *
>> + * SPDX-License-Identifier:	BSD-3-Clause
>>    */
>
> OK, sorry for the churn.  After you pointed out the other differences, I
> re-asked legal who look a closer look (they started with my "they just
> changed this one thing..") and do believe the license is GPL compatible
> but it is NOT BSD-3-Clause.  So I think rather than make a one-off tag
> lets just leave the full text and insert a note saying it's a slightly
> different wording from normal BSD-3, and we inherit this license as-is
> from Android.
>

comments:
(1) I suspect that the "Linux Foundation" has adopted this "license 
text", and I also suspect that we will likely getting more code from 
there; thus, while it is one-off right now, I 'm guessing that will 
change...
(2) so "v3" will leave the original text in place, and add the following:
  * NOTE:
  *   Although it is very similar, this license text is not identical
  *   to the "BSD-3-Clause", therefore, DO NOT MODIFY THIS LICENSE TEXT!
Is this what you would like?
  ( my preference would be to add the BSD-3L-Clause ... )
Thanks, Steve