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ARM: mvebu: armada-*: Relicense the device tree under GPLv2+/X11

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Cover letter [PATCH 00/27] ARM: mvebu: armada-*: Relicense the device tree under GPLv2+/X11

Hi Jason,

Quoted 13 lines · Jason Cooper

Gregory,

Good to see this finally being addressed. One not-so-minor issue below.

Quoted 7 lines · Gregory CLEMENT

Hello,

You've been Cc'd on a relicensing patch, because at some point you contributed a patch to an mvebu device tree.

We're currently moving toward a GPL/X11 dual-license, instead of a GPL license like what was done when you submitted your patches.

Quoted 8 lines

I like the X11 license, much more liberal than the BSD I had been thinking of.

What were the reasons for changing GPLv2 -> GPLv2+? Why not preserve the author's intent re GPL and do:

	GPLv2  -> GPLv2/X11
	GPLv2+ -> GPLv2+/X11

I thought about it bu I finally chose to switch to GPLv2+ for severals reason:

- as the intent of this relicensing was to allow to use the dts in more project, switching from GPLv2 to GPLv2+ seemed to me the things to do.

- the allwiners device tree switched to GPLv2+/X11 I followed this for consistency.

- for the same reason I chose to have the same license for all the files.

- for those how are reluctant to the GPLv3, I thought that the fact the files were also licensed under the X11 license minimized the impact of the GPLv3.

- last reason, I thought it would be easier to automatize this.

Now if one of the author is opposed to this change, I have no problem to keep the GPLv2 on the problematic file(s).

Thanks,

Gregory

Quoted 10 lines

Please note: I have no interest is a flame war re GPLv2/GPLv3. No ones minds are going to be changed at this point. I'm simply looking to stay closer to the author's intentions and extend the usefulness of the DT tree.

thx,

Jason.

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