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 <[email protected]> > --- > 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. :) 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 -- Roland Hieber | [email protected] | Pengutronix e.K. | https://www.pengutronix.de/ | Peiner Str. 6-8, 31137 Hildesheim | Phone: +49-5121-206917-5086 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 | _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list [email protected] http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox
