| Message ID | 20190424064522.33501-2-xiaolei.li@mediatek.com (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | New, archived |
| Headers | show |
| Series | Re-license MTK NAND driver | expand |
Am Mittwoch, 24. April 2019, 08:45:22 CEST schrieb Xiaolei Li: > It is allowed to use MTK NAND driver with GPL-2.0 or MIT license. > But now it is only licensed as GPL-2.0. > So re-license it as dual MIT/GPL. I fear this needs ACKs from all authors and major contributors of the driver before we can apply such a change. Thanks, //richard
Hi Richard, On Wed, 2019-04-24 at 09:29 +0200, Richard Weinberger wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 24. April 2019, 08:45:22 CEST schrieb Xiaolei Li: > > It is allowed to use MTK NAND driver with GPL-2.0 or MIT license. > > But now it is only licensed as GPL-2.0. > > So re-license it as dual MIT/GPL. > > I fear this needs ACKs from all authors and major contributors of the driver > before we can apply such a change. Yes. MTK wants to solicit ACKs for this change from copyrights holders here. I added another driver author Jorge, and let's wait for the response. Thanks, Xiaolei > > Thanks, > //richard > >
On 24/04/2019 10:25, xiaolei li wrote: > Hi Richard, > > On Wed, 2019-04-24 at 09:29 +0200, Richard Weinberger wrote: >> Am Mittwoch, 24. April 2019, 08:45:22 CEST schrieb Xiaolei Li: >>> It is allowed to use MTK NAND driver with GPL-2.0 or MIT license. >>> But now it is only licensed as GPL-2.0. >>> So re-license it as dual MIT/GPL. >> >> I fear this needs ACKs from all authors and major contributors of the driver >> before we can apply such a change. > > Yes. MTK wants to solicit ACKs for this change from copyrights holders > here. > I added another driver author Jorge, and let's wait for the response. > You are missing at least Ryder Lee, Rafał Miłecki and Wen Yang in the CC list. I think it would be good to understand why you want to distribute the driver under MIT license. Regards, Matthias
On 4/24/19 08:45, Xiaolei Li wrote: > It is allowed to use MTK NAND driver with GPL-2.0 or MIT license. > But now it is only licensed as GPL-2.0. > So re-license it as dual MIT/GPL. Relicensing is OK with respect to any Linaro copyright interest deriving from upstreaming this work. Acked-by: Jorge Ramirez-Ortiz <jorge.ramirez-ortiz@linaro.org> > > Signed-off-by: Xiaolei Li <xiaolei.li@mediatek.com> > --- > drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mtk_ecc.c | 12 ++---------- > drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mtk_ecc.h | 4 +--- > drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mtk_nand.c | 12 ++---------- > 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mtk_ecc.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mtk_ecc.c > index 6432bd70c3b3..eea0f903bc24 100644 > --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mtk_ecc.c > +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mtk_ecc.c > @@ -1,17 +1,9 @@ > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR MIT > /* > * MTK ECC controller driver. > * Copyright (C) 2016 MediaTek Inc. > * Authors: Xiaolei Li <xiaolei.li@mediatek.com> > * Jorge Ramirez-Ortiz <jorge.ramirez-ortiz@linaro.org> > - * > - * 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. > */ > > #include <linux/platform_device.h> > @@ -600,4 +592,4 @@ module_platform_driver(mtk_ecc_driver); > > MODULE_AUTHOR("Xiaolei Li <xiaolei.li@mediatek.com>"); > MODULE_DESCRIPTION("MTK Nand ECC Driver"); > -MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); > +MODULE_LICENSE("Dual MIT/GPL"); > diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mtk_ecc.h b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mtk_ecc.h > index a455df080952..0e48c36e6ca0 100644 > --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mtk_ecc.h > +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mtk_ecc.h > @@ -1,12 +1,10 @@ > +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR MIT */ > /* > * MTK SDG1 ECC controller > * > * Copyright (c) 2016 Mediatek > * Authors: Xiaolei Li <xiaolei.li@mediatek.com> > * Jorge Ramirez-Ortiz <jorge.ramirez-ortiz@linaro.org> > - * 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. > */ > > #ifndef __DRIVERS_MTD_NAND_MTK_ECC_H__ > diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mtk_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mtk_nand.c > index b6b4602f5132..3cbc25793062 100644 > --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mtk_nand.c > +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mtk_nand.c > @@ -1,17 +1,9 @@ > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR MIT > /* > * MTK NAND Flash controller driver. > * Copyright (C) 2016 MediaTek Inc. > * Authors: Xiaolei Li <xiaolei.li@mediatek.com> > * Jorge Ramirez-Ortiz <jorge.ramirez-ortiz@linaro.org> > - * > - * 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. > */ > > #include <linux/platform_device.h> > @@ -1598,6 +1590,6 @@ static struct platform_driver mtk_nfc_driver = { > > module_platform_driver(mtk_nfc_driver); > > -MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); > +MODULE_LICENSE("Dual MIT/GPL"); > MODULE_AUTHOR("Xiaolei Li <xiaolei.li@mediatek.com>"); > MODULE_DESCRIPTION("MTK Nand Flash Controller Driver"); >
Hi Matthias, On Wed, 2019-04-24 at 15:15 +0200, Matthias Brugger wrote: > > On 24/04/2019 10:25, xiaolei li wrote: > > Hi Richard, > > > > On Wed, 2019-04-24 at 09:29 +0200, Richard Weinberger wrote: > >> Am Mittwoch, 24. April 2019, 08:45:22 CEST schrieb Xiaolei Li: > >>> It is allowed to use MTK NAND driver with GPL-2.0 or MIT license. > >>> But now it is only licensed as GPL-2.0. > >>> So re-license it as dual MIT/GPL. > >> > >> I fear this needs ACKs from all authors and major contributors of the driver > >> before we can apply such a change. > > > > Yes. MTK wants to solicit ACKs for this change from copyrights holders > > here. > > I added another driver author Jorge, and let's wait for the response. > > > > You are missing at least Ryder Lee, Rafał Miłecki and Wen Yang in the CC list. Thanks for your reminding. I will add them in next patch version. > I think it would be good to understand why you want to distribute the driver > under MIT license. MTK wants to modify and publish this driver with MIT license in bootloader. So, here we ask for ACKs whether we can re-license it as dual MIT/GPL. Thanks, Xiaolei > > Regards, > Matthias
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mtk_ecc.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mtk_ecc.c index 6432bd70c3b3..eea0f903bc24 100644 --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mtk_ecc.c +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mtk_ecc.c @@ -1,17 +1,9 @@ +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR MIT /* * MTK ECC controller driver. * Copyright (C) 2016 MediaTek Inc. * Authors: Xiaolei Li <xiaolei.li@mediatek.com> * Jorge Ramirez-Ortiz <jorge.ramirez-ortiz@linaro.org> - * - * 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. */ #include <linux/platform_device.h> @@ -600,4 +592,4 @@ module_platform_driver(mtk_ecc_driver); MODULE_AUTHOR("Xiaolei Li <xiaolei.li@mediatek.com>"); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("MTK Nand ECC Driver"); -MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); +MODULE_LICENSE("Dual MIT/GPL"); diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mtk_ecc.h b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mtk_ecc.h index a455df080952..0e48c36e6ca0 100644 --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mtk_ecc.h +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mtk_ecc.h @@ -1,12 +1,10 @@ +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR MIT */ /* * MTK SDG1 ECC controller * * Copyright (c) 2016 Mediatek * Authors: Xiaolei Li <xiaolei.li@mediatek.com> * Jorge Ramirez-Ortiz <jorge.ramirez-ortiz@linaro.org> - * 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. */ #ifndef __DRIVERS_MTD_NAND_MTK_ECC_H__ diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mtk_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mtk_nand.c index b6b4602f5132..3cbc25793062 100644 --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mtk_nand.c +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mtk_nand.c @@ -1,17 +1,9 @@ +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR MIT /* * MTK NAND Flash controller driver. * Copyright (C) 2016 MediaTek Inc. * Authors: Xiaolei Li <xiaolei.li@mediatek.com> * Jorge Ramirez-Ortiz <jorge.ramirez-ortiz@linaro.org> - * - * 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. */ #include <linux/platform_device.h> @@ -1598,6 +1590,6 @@ static struct platform_driver mtk_nfc_driver = { module_platform_driver(mtk_nfc_driver); -MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); +MODULE_LICENSE("Dual MIT/GPL"); MODULE_AUTHOR("Xiaolei Li <xiaolei.li@mediatek.com>"); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("MTK Nand Flash Controller Driver");
It is allowed to use MTK NAND driver with GPL-2.0 or MIT license. But now it is only licensed as GPL-2.0. So re-license it as dual MIT/GPL. Signed-off-by: Xiaolei Li <xiaolei.li@mediatek.com> --- drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mtk_ecc.c | 12 ++---------- drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mtk_ecc.h | 4 +--- drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mtk_nand.c | 12 ++---------- 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)