On Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 06:55:51PM +0100, Ahmad Fatoum wrote: > Apparently, the file should be GPL-2.0-only without exceptions: > > On 24.11.20 09:44, Sascha Hauer wrote[1]: > > This looks like I accidently copied the wrong header. I don't think I > > did this on purpose. It doesn't make much sense to me when compiling > > against dummy malloc is different than compiling against tlsf malloc > > or dlmalloc. > > Ase dropping exceptions is no relicense, it's ok to do here without > acknowledgement from all authors. Do so. I don't understand this reasoning. The exception allowed someone to link this file with non-GPL code, and by dropping this exception, this possibility is no longer allowed, so there is a change in license terms. The only two other authors of this file are Andrey and Jean-Christophe, hereby CCed. - Roland > [1]: <20201124084434.GC14718@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Suggested-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > v1 -> v2: new patch > --- > common/dummy_malloc.c | 21 +-------------------- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 20 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/common/dummy_malloc.c b/common/dummy_malloc.c > index 0120d9be2e85..d99b5059cf91 100644 > --- a/common/dummy_malloc.c > +++ b/common/dummy_malloc.c > @@ -1,25 +1,6 @@ > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only > /* > * Copyright (C) 2013 Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > - * > - * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or > - * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 > - * as published by the Free Software Foundation. > - * > - * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, > - * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of > - * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the > - * GNU General Public License for more details. > - * > - * > - * As a special exception, if other files instantiate templates or use macros > - * or inline functions from this file, or you compile this file and link it > - * with other works to produce a work based on this file, this file does not > - * by itself cause the resulting work to be covered by the GNU General Public > - * License. However the source code for this file must still be made available > - * in accordance with section (3) of the GNU General Public License. > - > - * This exception does not invalidate any other reasons why a work based on > - * this file might be covered by the GNU General Public License. > */ > #include <common.h> > #include <malloc.h> > -- > 2.29.2 > > > _______________________________________________ > barebox mailing list > barebox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox > -- Roland Hieber, Pengutronix e.K. | r.hieber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx | Steuerwalder Str. 21 | https://www.pengutronix.de/ | 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 | _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list barebox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox
