[RFC 2/2] license: add using MIT license in base code

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Tue Oct 18 04:04:37 CEST 2022


Many network drivers have base code which is shared from other
sources. It is allowed to use MIT license in this code since that
license is compatiable with BSD license.

The dates need to be adjusted after final approval.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
---
 license/exceptions.txt | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/license/exceptions.txt b/license/exceptions.txt
index 1bd4dbf8f780..693ea2d490cc 100644
--- a/license/exceptions.txt
+++ b/license/exceptions.txt
@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@ SPDX Identifier     TB Approval Date  GB Approval Date  File name
 2.BSD-2-Clause      10/23/2019        12/18/2019        lib/eal/windows/include/getopt.h
 3.ISC AND
   BSD-2-Clause      10/23/2019        12/18/2019        lib/eal/windows/getopt.c
+4. MIT		    10/25/2022        10/28/2002        drivers/net/*/base/*
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- 
2.35.1



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