On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 2:29 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 07:14:30PM +0000, Li Leo wrote: >> I saw some discussion going on last year about the permissive license >> to be used in ARM device tree files. I know a lot of files have been >> changed to use GPLv2/X11 license. But may I know if GPLv2/BSD 3-clause >> dual license is still a valid license to use in ARM device tree files. >> It has been our standard permissive license used for a long time in >> many components like device trees in Power architecture. > > It would have been nice to have had some input at the time that what > little discussion there was happened. > > I'm sorry, but at this point I'm of the opinion that the window for > discussing what license we switch to has been had, and the matter is > settled; those who didn't take part in the discussion have themselves > to blame if they don't like the outcome. > > What I'm saying is that I doubt anyone has the stomach to go through > another set of license changes on the existing files to suit some > late-commer to the party. > Right. I'm not proposing to change all the device trees into another license. GPL/X11 is actually a good license to use. > However, we can't dictate to people what license they wish to submit > their work under; though, we can make the decision whether to accept > it under the license terms or not. But I'm wondering if we submit a device tree patch using other GPL compatible permissive license(like GPL/3-clause-BSD dual license) which doesn't include any other device tree files, will it still be acceptable or not? > > I think the problem will come if we try to mix a file that's licensed > one way, which includes files licensed under a different set of > licenses... if you want to use a file licensed under BSD 3-clause but > don't want to agree to the GPL license (so you're only bound by the > BSD 3-clause license) and that file includes some GPL/X11 licensed > files, then what? Permissive licenses like X11 and BSD 3-clause should be compatible with each other right? Regards, Leo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html