[dpdk-web] [dpdk-govboard] [PATCH 3/3] update license policy wording
Dave Neary
dneary at redhat.com
Wed Oct 18 17:43:33 CEST 2017
Hi,
I got the same feedback ("s/shall be/is/ makes the document more legally
ambiguous - why avoid standard legal language?) on part of this change.
I have the same reservations which I also make on the govboard list when
this change was proposed.
Thanks,
Dave.
On 10/18/2017 11:04 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> Linux Foundation asks to
> - change wording of the license names
> - use spdx.org to describe licenses
> - change dual licensing wording with "OR" keyword
> - replace "shall" by "will"
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> ---
> about/charter.html | 36 ++++++++++++++++++------------------
> 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/about/charter.html b/about/charter.html
> index 235ebba..9ac8a32 100644
> --- a/about/charter.html
> +++ b/about/charter.html
> @@ -447,11 +447,11 @@
> <ol>
> <li>
> All new inbound contributions to DPDK
> - shall be made under the following licenses:
> + will be made under the following licenses:
> <ol>
> <li>
> - The <a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.en.html"
> - >GPLv2 license</a>
> + The <a href="https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-2.0.html"
> + >GPL-2.0 license</a>
> shall be used for code that runs in the kernel.
> Current examples of this are:
> <ol>
> @@ -465,20 +465,20 @@
> lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/ixgbe
> </ol>
> <li>
> - A dual
> - <a href="https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause"
> - >3-clause BSD</a> /
> - <a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.en.html"
> - >GPLv2</a> license or
> - <a href="https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause"
> - >3-clause BSD</a> /
> - <a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.0.en.html"
> - >LGPLv2</a> license
> - shall be used for code that is shared between the kernel and userspace.
> + A disjonctive licence choice of
> + <a href="https://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause.html"
> + >BSD-3-Clause</a> OR
> + <a href="https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-2.0.html"
> + >GPL-2.0</a> or
> + <a href="https://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause.html"
> + >BSD-3-Clause</a> OR
> + <a href="https://spdx.org/licenses/LGPL-2.0.html"
> + >LGPL-2.0</a>
> + will be used for code that is shared between the kernel and userspace.
> Current examples of this are:
> <ul>
> <li>
> - BSD/GPLv2:
> + BSD-3-Clause OR GPL-2.0:
> <ol>
> <li>
> All files in
> @@ -496,7 +496,7 @@
> >dom0_mm_misc.c</a>
> </ol>
> <li>
> - BSD/LGPLv2:
> + BSD-3-Clause OR LGPL-2.0:
> <ol start="4">
> <li>
> <a href="/browse/dpdk/tree/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/include/exec-env/rte_dom0_common.h"
> @@ -509,9 +509,9 @@
> </ol>
> </ul>
> <li>
> - The <a href="https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause"
> - >3-clause BSD license</a>
> - shall be used for all other contributions.
> + The <a href="https://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause.html"
> + >BSD-3-Clause license</a>
> + will be used for all other contributions.
> </ol>
> <li>
> All contributions shall include a "Signed-off-by:" line
>
--
Dave Neary - NFV/SDN Community Strategy
Open Source and Standards, Red Hat - http://community.redhat.com
Ph: +1-978-399-2182 / Cell: +1-978-799-3338
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