[LEDE-DEV] License for DTS files

2017-02-03 Thread Rafał Miłecki
In LEDE we have quite a lot of DTS files that hasn't been upstreamed. They often contain no licensing info. Upstream Linux maintainers prefer/require clear BSD-compatible license, see e.g.: https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/5/4/707 Some people may not agree such files are copyrightable at all, but most

Re: [LEDE-DEV] License for DTS files

2017-02-03 Thread Linus Lüssing
On Fri, Feb 03, 2017 at 12:29:35PM +0100, Rafał Miłecki wrote: > Upstream Linux maintainers prefer/require clear BSD-compatible > license, see e.g.: > https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/5/4/707 I would be a little more careful with such statements, that seems like a wrong generalization to me concerning l

Re: [LEDE-DEV] License for DTS files

2017-02-09 Thread Rafał Miłecki
On 3 February 2017 at 12:29, Rafał Miłecki wrote: > In LEDE we have quite a lot of DTS files that hasn't been upstreamed. > They often contain no licensing info. > > Upstream Linux maintainers prefer/require clear BSD-compatible > license, see e.g.: > https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/5/4/707 > > Some pe

Re: [LEDE-DEV] License for DTS files

2017-02-09 Thread John Crispin
On 09/02/2017 18:18, Rafał Miłecki wrote: > On 3 February 2017 at 12:29, Rafał Miłecki wrote: >> In LEDE we have quite a lot of DTS files that hasn't been upstreamed. >> They often contain no licensing info. >> >> Upstream Linux maintainers prefer/require clear BSD-compatible >> license, see e.g