On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 04:55:19PM +0200, Boaz Harrosh wrote: > On 20/02/19 13:03, Greg KH wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 01:51:20PM +0200, Boaz harrosh wrote: > >> However the ZUS user mode Server is a BSD-3-Clause licensed > >> project. > >> Therefor you will see that: > >> zus_api.h > >> md_def.h > >> md.h > >> These are common files with ZUS project are separately Licensed as > >> BSD-3-Clause. Any contributor to these files should note that his > >> code for these files is submitted as BSD-3-Clause. > >> This is for the obvious reasons as these define the API between Kernel > >> an user-mode Server. It is the opinion of this project authors, as is > >> of Linus that a pure API header is not governed by ANY license. But > >> to make it clear. > > > > No, that is not true, the files do have a license. Please see the > > proper SPDX text that we use for kernel api .h files for what that is, > > and what you should also use for yours, if you go through with this. > > > > OK Good I understand more now. I looked at UAPI/ headers and read the > docs you mentioned. > > Please help me nail this properly. I will change these headers to be: > > /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note AND BSD-3-Clause */ > (I will also change the message text to reflect this conversation) > > My motivation is that those Interface HEADERS can also be used in proprietary > OSs as Macosx and Windows. To compile the ZUS Server application project which > is licensed as SPDX BSD-3-Clause. You are asking legal questions to a technical person? Would you ask medical questions to a lawyer? Consult your lawyers please, they know the answers to this. And if they do not, go find your corporate lawyers who do. Hint, as a test, ask them why what you wrote as a suggested SPDX line above makes no sense :) good luck! greg k-h
