Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 23 Dec 2014 13:22:33 +0100 | From | Simon Guinot <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 00/27] ARM: mvebu: armada-*: Relicense the device tree under GPLv2+/X11 |
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On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 10:14:32PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Monday 22 December 2014 12:29:33 Simon Guinot wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 06:50:00PM -0500, Jason Cooper wrote: > > > On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 07:16:16PM +0100, Simon Guinot wrote: > > > > > > Especially none of the dove files have a license. > > > > > > > > > > Yes, we'll cross that bridge when we get there. I suspect it then falls > > > > > under the over-arching license of the project. Regardless, we'll still > > > > > need Acks from all contributors. > > > > > > > > Hi Jason, > > > > > > > > What is the problem with keeping the LaCie DTS files under GPLv2+ only ? > > > > > > Converting armada-* to dual license is just a small part of the > > > overarching effort to convert *all* the devicetree files to dual > > > license. So, eventually, we'll be doing the same with kirkwood, dove > > > and orion5x dts{i} files. Perhaps even during this merge window. > > > > > > In the long term, we're attempting to provide one neutral place [1] for > > > the bootloaders and kernels to pull devicetrees from and contribute > > > changes back to. > > > > OK, let's see if I understand correctly. > > > > If I don't agree with the GPLv2+/x11 relicensing, then support for > > almost all the LaCie boards will be removed from the Linux kernel (maybe > > during the next merge window) ? Is that correct ? > > Definitely not during the next merge window. Eventually the plan is > to remove *all* dts files from the kernel, but we're a long way > away from that. > > There is already a mirror of the dts files at > http://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=people/ianc/device-tree-rebasing.git;a=summary > which is hosting files that are meant to be shared with Xen, which is > also under the GPL, and supports a lot of the same hardware that Linux > supports, but also depends on passing the correct (modified) dtb blobs > to the Dom0 kernel. > > The current setup works ok for Xen, but occasionally there are requests > for having the files shared more broadly, e.g. with FreeBSD and with boot > loaders that might be non-GPL but are used to boot Linux and that want > to ship with a default dtb for a platform they run on.
Minus some details you just provided, that's what I understood in a first place.
> > > Since all the LaCie boards DTS are at least based on my work (except for > > the Orion ED Mini v2), I think there is 12 files concerned here. See the > > command output: grep -l lacie *.dts | wc -l. > > > > The oldest of this boards have been supported by the Linux kernel since > > the 2.6.32 release. Also some of this boards are still widely used... > > > > You know, it is quite a statement you are sending here: The GPLv2+ > > licences are not good enough to get an ARM-based board supported by > > the Linux kernel, while it has always been the case until now. Are all > > the maintainers SoC, ARM SoC, ARM and Linux well aligned with that ? > > I think you just misunderstood.
Jason said:
"Regrettably, we'll have to revert Simon's dts contributions".
This words changed my understanding. Then, you confirm I don't have to worry about that ?
> > > Is there any way we can keep the LaCie DTS files licenced under GPLv2+ > > _and_ still distributed with the others. Anyone would be free to choose > > to use them (or not), in respect of the licence terms. > > What I suspect will happen is that we end up with multiple repositories > for dts files, e.g. one that contains all files that are GPL-compatible > and another one that contains the subset that is licensed under more > permissive licenses such as the X11 or some BSD license. I don't see > a reason for Linux to stop supporting the former, but it would be nice > to have a larger shared subset.
I think it would be indeed a good idea to have a repository with some licence separations.
Thanks for the clarifications.
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