Hi Greg, On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 04:53:00PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 02:31:26PM +0000, Fabrizio Castro wrote: > > On 15 August 2019 15:15, Laurent Pinchart wrote: > > > 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...
I don't think that's fair though. Fabrizio is reworking kernel code, and as part of that wondered what SPDX tag to apply to a new file that contains code moved from an existing file that has no SPDX tag, but the above copyright notice. He's not trying to change a license, or reword it. As SPDX is the preferred way of expressing licenses in the kernel, he legitimately asked for help, and I think we should provide an official answer for this (which could be not to use SPDX but copy the license text). -- Regards, Laurent Pinchart
