[PATCH] bloblist: Drop BSD license
Karen M. Sandler
karen at sfconservancy.org
Thu Apr 17 18:45:56 CEST 2025
On 2025-04-17 12:33, Tom Rini wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 17, 2025 at 10:26:53AM -0600, Simon Glass wrote:
>> Hi Tom,
>>
>> On Thu, 17 Apr 2025 at 10:04, Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > On Thu, Apr 17, 2025 at 09:58:42AM -0600, Simon Glass wrote:
>> > > On Wed, 1 Jan 2025 at 12:58, Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org> wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > Linaro has decided to write their own version of bloblist from scratch,
>> > > > so there is no point in having a non-GPL license on this file. Change
>> > > > it, to better fit with the U-Boot project.
>> > > >
>> > > > Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
>> > > > Link: https://review.trustedfirmware.org/c/TF-A/trusted-firmware-a/+/22215
>> > > >
>> > > > ---
>> > > >
>> > > > common/bloblist.c | 2 +-
>> > > > include/bloblist.h | 2 +-
>> > > > 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>> > >
>> > > Applied to sjg/master, thanks!
>> > >
>> > > (Tom, this one seemed to get dropped but I'm not sure why)
>> >
>> > Because AFAICT you legally cannot unilaterally change the license as
>> > others have changed the code.
>>
>> OK, let's put this on the list of things to discuss.
>
> Sure. And I know I'm behind on getting process going with Conservancy
> but Karen can you or someone else please be on the call next Tuesday
> (22nd, same time/dial in as before)? For background
> https://lore.kernel.org/u-boot/20250101195817.995321-1-sjg@chromium.org/
> is hopefully enough but I'm sure Simon and myself would be happy to
> point at any other links that might help. Thanks!
Sure, at least one of us will attend.
karen
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