Re: [PATCH v2] dt-bindings: mfd: dual licensing for st,stpmic1 bindings

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On Mon, Jun 17, 2024 at 09:21:13AM +0000, Etienne CARRIERE - foss wrote:
> Hello Conor,
> 
> >
> > From: Conor Dooley <conor@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2024 2:14 PM
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 05:33:46PM +0200, Etienne Carriere wrote:
> > > Change include/dt-bindings/mfd/st,stpmic1.h license model from GPLv2.0
> > > only to dual GPLv2.0 or BSD-3-Clause. I have every legitimacy to request
> > > this change on behalf of STMicroelectronics. This change clarifies that
> > > this DT binding header file can be shared with software components as
> > > bootloaders and OSes that are not published under GPLv2 terms.
> > >
> > > In CC are all the contributors to this header file.
> > >
> > > Cc: Pascal Paillet <p.paillet@xxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Signed-off-by: Etienne Carriere <etienne.carriere@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  include/dt-bindings/mfd/st,stpmic1.h | 2 +-
> > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/include/dt-bindings/mfd/st,stpmic1.h b/include/dt-bindings/mfd/st,stpmic1.h
> > > index 321cd08797d9..957c48300cd4 100644
> > > --- a/include/dt-bindings/mfd/st,stpmic1.h
> > > +++ b/include/dt-bindings/mfd/st,stpmic1.h
> > > @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
> > > -/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> > > +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-3-Clause */
> >
> > The usual dual license for bindings is BSD-2-Clause, was there a
> > specific request for the 3 version?
> 
> My mistake. Thanks for spotting that.
> I have my company agreement for the 2 dual models: "OR BSD-2-Clause" and "OR BSD-3-Clause".
> We expect to conform to DT bindings preferred licensing model. Indeed the kernel documentation explicitly mention "GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause".
> We prefer to conform with it. I'll update my patch.
> 
> By the way, I'll fix Lee Jones e-mail address that is deprecated.

I figure this is a send-email mistake cos you have to do something
god-forsaken to send plaintext mail from the st mail system.

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