On Tue, Aug 8, 2023, 5:22 PM Andrew Dennison <andrew.denni...@motec.com.au> wrote:
> Hi Nuttx Dev, > > We are negotiating with the authors of the linux device driver for the CTU > CAN FD IP core to it re-licenced from GPL to so the driver can then be > ported to Nuttx. > > I've seen various licencing examples in the nuttx code base: but no high > level description that gives a definitive answer. For example there are > some cases where Authors are preserved and the code is BSD-2-Clause or > BSD-3-Clause (not Apache-2.0). > > We would appreciate some feedback on whether the proposal from Pavel below > is acceptable or if any minor adjustments would help. > > Kind regards, > > Andrew Dennison > Chief Architect and Hardware Team Lead > MoTeC (A Bosch Company) > > On Tue, 8 Aug 2023 at 19:48, Pavel Pisa <p...@fel.cvut.cz> wrote: > > > > > OK, consider driver code license and NuttX compatible. > > We need to discuss what will be actual variant and file > > headers text. I suggest > > > > // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ OR BSD-2-Clause OR Apache-2.0 > > > > > /******************************************************************************* > > * > > * CTU CAN FD IP Core > > * > > * Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Ondrej Ille <ondrej.i...@gmail.com> FEE CTU > > * Copyright (C) 2018-2020 Ondrej Ille <ondrej.i...@gmail.com> > self-funded > > * Copyright (C) 2018-2019 Martin Jerabek <martin.jerabe...@gmail.com> > > FEE CTU > > * Copyright (C) 2018-2020 Pavel Pisa <p...@cmp.felk.cvut.cz> FEE > > CTU/self-funded > > * > > * Project advisors: > > * Jiri Novak <jno...@fel.cvut.cz> > > * Pavel Pisa <p...@cmp.felk.cvut.cz> > > * > > * Department of Measurement (http://meas.fel.cvut.cz/) > > * Faculty of Electrical Engineering (http://www.fel.cvut.cz) > > * Czech Technical University (http://www.cvut.cz/) > > */ > > > > I am not sure if that is acceptable for NuttX mainline, but I do not like > > process which stripped all information about real code authors when > > NuttX has been absorbed by Apache. The Copyright (C) statementscan be > > replaced > > by text "Authors list" if copyright of NuttX copy should be transferred > > to Apache. But I would tend to keep list of authors who invested time, > > lot of it even from own spare one... > > > I want to call out one thing that does not seem right. That information is retained here https://github.com/apache/nuttx/blob/master/LICENSE This is covered here https://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#required-third-party-notices Hopefully that helps provide some guidance. --Brennan
