[dpdk-dev] [20.08 PATCH] license: removing the dual prefix to avoid confusion

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Tue Jul 28 19:21:34 CEST 2020


On Tue, 28 Jul 2020 11:28:40 +0530
Hemant Agrawal <hemant.agrawal at nxp.com> wrote:

> This patch removes the dual keyword from dual license
> definitions to avoid confusion. As the *dual* word is
> not required to be added SPDX license.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hemant Agrawal <hemant.agrawal at nxp.com>
> ---
>  license/exceptions.txt | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/license/exceptions.txt b/license/exceptions.txt
> index c984764a0..3afb996ed 100644
> --- a/license/exceptions.txt
> +++ b/license/exceptions.txt
> @@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ IP License policy as defined in DPDK Charter available at:
>  
>  Note that following licenses are not exceptions:-
>  	- BSD-3-Clause
> -	- Dual BSD-3-Clause OR GPL-2.0
> -	- Dual BSD-3-Clause OR LGPL-2.1
> +	- BSD-3-Clause OR GPL-2.0
> +	- BSD-3-Clause OR LGPL-2.1
>  	- GPL-2.0  (*Only for kernel code*)
>  
>  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Makes sense to me, but probably needs Board legal approval


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