https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1656
Change the Wiki documentation to state that the preferred license of the EDK II is the BSD+Patent License and remove references to the TianoCore Contributor's Agreement. Cc: Andrew Fish <af...@apple.com> Cc: Laszlo Ersek <ler...@redhat.com> Cc: Leif Lindholm <leif.lindh...@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Michael D Kinney <michael.d.kin...@intel.com> --- BSD-License.md | 2 +- BSD-Patent-License.md | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ Code-Contributions.mediawiki | 4 +--- EDK-II.md | 2 +- Edk2-buildtools.mediawiki | 2 +- Legalese.md | 9 +++++---- OVMF-FAQ.md | 11 +++-------- _Footer.md | 2 +- 8 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) create mode 100644 BSD-Patent-License.md diff --git a/BSD-License.md b/BSD-License.md index debf562..e846663 100644 --- a/BSD-License.md +++ b/BSD-License.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -The preferred license for TianoCore contributions is [BSD-2-Clause](http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause). The [[Legalese]] page contains information on other licenses accepted under the contributors agreement, and how licenses should be documented in TianoCore projects. +The preferred license for TianoCore contributions is [[BSD+Patent|BSD Patent License]]. The [[Legalese]] page contains information on other licenses accepted under the contributors agreement, and how licenses should be documented in TianoCore projects. # Example Language: BSD-2-Clause diff --git a/BSD-Patent-License.md b/BSD-Patent-License.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..38c7b31 --- /dev/null +++ b/BSD-Patent-License.md @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +The preferred license for TianoCore contributions is [BSD+Patent](https://opensource.org/licenses/BSDplusPatent). +The [[Legalese]] page contains information on other accepted licenses, and how licenses should be documented in +TianoCore projects. + +# Example Language: BSD+Patent + +The preferred method to specify a license for TianoCore contributions is to use +[SPDX](https://spdx.org/licenses/) identifiers. The SPDX identifier for the +BSD+Patent License is `BSD-2-Clause-Patent`. The following is example file +header content. + +``` + +Copyright (c) 2019, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. + +SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause-Patent + +``` diff --git a/Code-Contributions.mediawiki b/Code-Contributions.mediawiki index 1ebd6d7..b5b226c 100644 --- a/Code-Contributions.mediawiki +++ b/Code-Contributions.mediawiki @@ -1,6 +1,4 @@ -Please refer to [https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/raw/master/Contributions.txt Contributions.txt] for more information. - -Contributions.txt should also be available in the source tree. (Older source releases may not have the file.) +Please refer to [https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/blob/master/Readme.md] for more information. See also diff --git a/EDK-II.md b/EDK-II.md index ee886b9..0f9960b 100644 --- a/EDK-II.md +++ b/EDK-II.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # EDK II -EDK II is a modern, feature-rich, cross-platform firmware development environment for the UEFI and PI specifications. EDK II is open source, using a [BSD](http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php) license. +EDK II is a modern, feature-rich, cross-platform firmware development environment for the UEFI and PI specifications. EDK II is open source, using a [[BSD+Patent|BSD Patent License]]. ## Source Repositories diff --git a/Edk2-buildtools.mediawiki b/Edk2-buildtools.mediawiki index d71d4e2..540c916 100644 --- a/Edk2-buildtools.mediawiki +++ b/Edk2-buildtools.mediawiki @@ -165,6 +165,6 @@ Your Feedback is critical to making EDK II a success. Please submit any enhancem Goto [[edk2-devel]] to Join the Mailing list -License information: [http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php BSD] +License information: [[BSD+Patent|BSD Patent License]] Project owner(s): See: [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tianocore/edk2/master/Maintainers.txt Maintainers.txt] diff --git a/Legalese.md b/Legalese.md index eadc859..633dcb7 100644 --- a/Legalese.md +++ b/Legalese.md @@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ If you would like to make code contributions to our community, please refer to o ## Licenses for TianoCore Contributions -The preferred license for TianoCore is [[BSD-2-Clause|BSD License]]. The TianoCore contributors agreement describes acceptable licenses for community contributions. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tianocore/edk2/master/MdePkg/Contributions.txt +The preferred license for TianoCore is [[BSD+Patent|BSD Patent License]]. When that is not possible, then contributions using +the following licenses can be accepted: * BSD (2-clause): http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause * BSD (3-clause): http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause @@ -12,8 +13,8 @@ The preferred license for TianoCore is [[BSD-2-Clause|BSD License]]. The TianoCo ## Documenting Licenses in Source Projects -The full license should be documented in a LICENSE.TXT file, found in the package directory. +The full license should be documented in a LICENSE.TXT file, found in the root of a repository. -Example: https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/blob/master/MdeModulePkg/License.txt +Example: https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/blob/master/License.txt -Source file headers should contain an abbreviated version of the license, with a link to the full license text. An example is provided in the [EDK II Coding Standards Specification](https://edk2-docs.gitbooks.io/edk-ii-c-coding-standards-specification/content/), Section 5.2.3.4 ("License"). \ No newline at end of file +Source file headers should contain an [SPDX](https://spdx.org/licenses/) identifier of the license. An example is provided on the [[BSD+Patent|BSD Patent License]] page. diff --git a/OVMF-FAQ.md b/OVMF-FAQ.md index 35e68fb..2e97589 100644 --- a/OVMF-FAQ.md +++ b/OVMF-FAQ.md @@ -36,13 +36,8 @@ is built upon the EDK II code base. ### What source code license does OVMF use? -OVMF follows the EDK II project in using the open source [BSD -license](http://opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php). - -Note: A binary of the [UEFI FAT](edk2-fat-driver "wikilink") driver may -be included with OVMF builds. The source code to this driver uses the -[BSD license](http://opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php) with [an -additional term](edk2-fat-driver "wikilink"). +OVMF follows the EDK II project in using the open source [[BSD+Patent|BSD Patent License]] license. +Some OVMF content is convered by additional licenses detailed in [OvmfPkg/License.txt](https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/blob/master/OvmfPkg/License.txt). ### What does OVMF provide? @@ -92,7 +87,7 @@ are supported for that release. ### Are only open source virtual machines supported? -We have chosen the BSD license to enable easy incorporation of any of +We have chosen the BSD+Patent license to enable easy incorporation of any of the piece of our code within nearly any type of product. But, it is likely that the firmware images produced by OvmfPkg under edk2 will only support open source virtual machines. diff --git a/_Footer.md b/_Footer.md index 7a72f7b..498afdb 100644 --- a/_Footer.md +++ b/_Footer.md @@ -1 +1 @@ -[[Home]] | [[Getting Started with EDK II]] | [[Reporting Issues]] | [[Community Information]] | [[Community Support]] | [[Tasks]] | [[BSD|BSD License]] \ No newline at end of file +[[Home]] | [[Getting Started with EDK II]] | [[Reporting Issues]] | [[Community Information]] | [[Community Support]] | [[Tasks]] | [[BSD+Patent|BSD Patent License]] \ No newline at end of file -- 2.21.0.windows.1 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#38980): https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/38980 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/31070016/21656 Group Owner: devel+ow...@edk2.groups.io Unsubscribe: https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/unsub [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
