On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 02:31:26PM +0000, Fabrizio Castro wrote: > Hi Greg, hi Laurent, > > Thank you for your feedback! > > > From: linux-kernel-ow...@vger.kernel.org > > <linux-kernel-ow...@vger.kernel.org> On Behalf Of Laurent Pinchart > > Sent: 15 August 2019 15:15 > > Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/9] drm: Rename drm_bridge_timings to drm_timings > > > > Hi Greg, > > > > On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 04:04:00PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 04:18:38PM +0300, Laurent Pinchart wrote: > > > > Hi Fabrizio, > > > > > > > > (CC'ing Greg as the architect of the SPDX move) > > > > > > _one of_, not the one that did the most of he work, that would be Thomas > > > :) > > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 12:04:27PM +0100, Fabrizio Castro wrote: > > > > > The information represented by drm_bridge_timings is also > > > > > needed by panels, therefore rename drm_bridge_timings to > > > > > drm_timings. > > > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Fabrizio Castro <fabrizio.cas...@bp.renesas.com> > > > > > Link: https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-renesas-soc/msg43271.html > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > > > v1->v2: > > > > > * new patch > > > > > > > > > > I have copied the license from include/drm/drm_bridge.h as that's > > > > > where the struct originally came from. What's the right SPDX license > > > > > to use in this case? > > > > > > > > https://wiki.spdx.org/view/Legal_Team/Decisions/Dealing_with_Public_Domain_within_SPDX_Files > > > > > > > > Greg, any idea on how we should handle this ? > > > > > > Ugh, what lunacy. But drm_bridge.h is NOT under any "public domain" > > > license, so why is that an issue here? This looks like a "normal" bsd 3 > > > clause license to me, right? > > > > You're right, I overread part of the text in drm_bridge.h, it seems to > > indeed be covered by a BSD 3 clause license. Sorry for the noise. > > Mmm... This is the template for the BSD-3-Clause: > > 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: > > > Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this > list of conditions and the following disclaimer. > Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, > this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation > and/or other materials provided with the distribution. > Neither the name of the <ORGANIZATION> nor the names of its contributors may > be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without > specific prior written permission. > THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "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 THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS 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. > > And this is the license coming from include/drm/drm_bridge.h: > > /* > > > > * Copyright (c) 2016 Intel Corporation > > * > > * Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and > its > * documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that > > * the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that > copyright > * notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation, and > > * that the name of the copyright holders not be used in advertising or > > * publicity pertaining to distribution of the software without specific, > > * written prior permission. The copyright holders make no representations > > * about the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided > "as > * is" without express or implied warranty. > > * > > * THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS > SOFTWARE, > * INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS, IN NO > > * EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR > > * CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF > USE, > * DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER > > * TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR > PERFORMANCE > * OF THIS SOFTWARE. > > */ > > Perhaps I am completely wrong here, and I am not a lawyer, but the wording > seems different enough to me... > I am happy to use "BSD-3-Clause" though. Laurent please double check.
Please talk to your lawyers about this, we are not them... thanks, greg k-h _______________________________________________ dri-devel mailing list dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel
