On 1/4/19 14:20, Roland Hieber wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 01, 2019 at 12:18:09PM +0200, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
>> Incoming sama5d3 bootstrap code has been ported from the at91bootstrap
>> project and is licensed under a 1-clause BSD license. To remove
>> boilerplate legal text there, place the license at a fixed location
>> and only note SPDX-License-Identifier and Copyright in the source files.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fat...@pengutronix.de>
>> ---
>>  LICENSES/preferred/BSD-1-Clause | 15 +++++++++++++++
>>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
>>  create mode 100644 LICENSES/preferred/BSD-1-Clause
>>
>> diff --git a/LICENSES/preferred/BSD-1-Clause 
>> b/LICENSES/preferred/BSD-1-Clause
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000000..f80acdf3b15f
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/LICENSES/preferred/BSD-1-Clause
>> @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
>> +Valid-License-Identifier: BSD-1-Clause
>> +SPDX-URL: https://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-1-Clause.html
>> +Usage-Guide:
>> +  To use the BSD 1-clause License put the following SPDX tag/value pair
>> +  into a comment according to the placement guidelines in the licensing
>> +  rules documentation:
>> +    SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-1-Clause
>> +License-Text:
>> +
>> +Copyright (c) <year> <owner> All rights reserved.
>> +
>> +Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 
>> modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
>> +
>> +1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, 
>> this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
>> +THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY Berkeley Software Design, Inc. "AS IS" AND ANY 
>> EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED 
>> WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE 
>> DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL Berkeley Software Design, Inc. BE LIABLE FOR 
>> ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 
>> DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR 
>> SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER 
>> CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 
>> LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 
>> OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH 
>> DAMAGE.
> 
> I would replace "Berkeley Software Design, Inc." with "the copyright
> holder" here. In the link given in the SPDX-URL field these parts are
> marked as placeholders in red text, which does not transfer well over to
> plain text. :)

Oh forgot to change that. Thanks, will do.

> 
> I would also hard-line-wrap the text to 80 characters to make it better
> readable, but I guess that is a matter of personal preference.
> 
>  - Roland
> 

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