[U-Boot] [PATCH v2] ARM: dts: Freescale: re-license device tree files under GPLv2+/X11

[Pankaj Bansal]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Rini [mailto:trini at konsulko.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2018 6:34 PM
> To: Pankaj Bansal <pankaj.bansal at nxp.com>
> Cc: u-boot at lists.denx.de; albert.u.boot at aribaud.net; Varun Sethi
> <V.Sethi at nxp.com>; Leo Li <leoyang.li at nxp.com>; Priyanka Jain
> <priyanka.jain at nxp.com>; Mingkai Hu <mingkai.hu at nxp.com>; York Sun
> <york.sun at nxp.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ARM: dts: Freescale: re-license device tree files under
> GPLv2+/X11
> 
> On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 09:43:33AM +0530, Pankaj Bansal wrote:
> > The current GPL only licensing on the device trees makes it very
> > impractical for other software components licensed under another
> > license.
> >
> > To make it easier to reuse them, re-license the the device trees for
> > Freescale (now NXP) SoCs and boards under GPLv2+/X11 dual license.
> >
> > Same trend is followed in linux.
> >
> > Cc: Priyanka Jain <priyanka.jain at nxp.com>
> > Cc: Mingkai Hu <mingkai.hu at nxp.com>
> > Cc: York Sun <york.sun at nxp.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Pankaj Bansal <pankaj.bansal at nxp.com>
> > ---
> >
> > Notes:
> >     V2:
> >     - Change license from X11 only to GPL2.0+/X11 dual license.
> >     - Updated the commit message accordingly.
> 
> OK.  But what does the kernel have for these exact files?  

The exact same files in linux kernel are GPLv2 and X11 dual licensed. Here is an excerpt from fsl-ls1043a.dtsi
 * This file is dual-licensed: you can use it either under the terms
 * of the GPLv2 or the X11 license, at your option. Note that this dual
 * licensing only applies to this file, and not this project as a
 * whole.
 *

> If it's GPL2.0+/X11 dual, then this is just a normal sync with Linux Kernel v4.xx and
> you should say that in the commit message. 

I mentioned in commit message "Same trend is followed in linux."

> If you haven't gotten these merged to a Linux Kernel release, are they in -next there?

These changes are already in linux.

> Thanks!
> 
> --
> Tom