Re: [U-Boot] [IMPORTANT NOTE] License handling

2013-07-30 Thread Masahiro Yamada
Hello, Wolfgang. - New files being added to U-Boot should no longer include a multi-line license header; instead, they shall contain a single line Unique Lincense Identifier, i. e. a line like this: SPDX-License-Identifier:GPL-2.0+ I have a question about this. Does

Re: [U-Boot] [IMPORTANT NOTE] License handling

2013-07-30 Thread Wolfgang Denk
Dear Masahiro Yamada, In message 20130730195026.79dc.aa925...@jp.panasonic.com you wrote: Does this rule apply to files imported from other projects? Yes, it does. The whole process only makes sense when all files in the U-Boot source tree can be identified based on the SPDX ID strings.

Re: [U-Boot] [IMPORTANT NOTE] License handling

2013-07-30 Thread Graeme Russ
Hi Masahiro On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 8:50 PM, Masahiro Yamada yamad...@jp.panasonic.comwrote: Hello, Wolfgang. - New files being added to U-Boot should no longer include a multi-line license header; instead, they shall contain a single line Unique Lincense Identifier, i. e. a line

Re: [U-Boot] [IMPORTANT NOTE] License handling

2013-07-30 Thread Wolfgang Denk
Dear Graeme Russ, In message CALButCK063=8_5pw8fdkhgo8v4wc7sukdolpasovs-dop_k...@mail.gmail.com you wrote: The idea would be to reduce the license text in U-Boot to just the SPDX-License-Identifier, but we should also provide details on where the original file came from. I guess this is the

Re: [U-Boot] [IMPORTANT NOTE] License handling

2013-07-26 Thread Albert ARIBAUD
On Thu, 25 Jul 2013 21:20:58 +0200, Wolfgang Denk w...@denx.de wrote: Hello all, this is to raise your attention to some small but important change in the way we're dealing with software licenses in U-Boot. Don't be afraid - the licensing itself does not change at all, we just change the

[U-Boot] [IMPORTANT NOTE] License handling

2013-07-25 Thread Wolfgang Denk
Hello all, this is to raise your attention to some small but important change in the way we're dealing with software licenses in U-Boot. Don't be afraid - the licensing itself does not change at all, we just change the way how we express the license terms in the source code. Please see commit