Ok from Arm side, as long as contributions submitted under the existing TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.1 (BSD 2-Clause) will still be accepted, as it's somehow implied by point 3).
Thanks Matteo > -----Original Message----- > From: Leif Lindholm <[email protected]> > Sent: 29 November 2018 22:54 > To: Kinney, Michael D <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected]; Matteo Carlini <[email protected]>; Sami > Mujawar <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [edk2] [RFC] Change EDK II to an Apache 2.0 License > > On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 06:39:28PM +0000, Kinney, Michael D wrote: > > Hello, > > > > This RFC follows up on the proposal from Mark Doran to change the EDK > > II Project to an Apache 2.0 License. > > > > https://lists.01.org/pipermail/edk2-devel/2018-October/030385.html > > > > > > ** Please provide feedback on the proposal by Friday 12/7/18. ** > > 7 December 2018 to anyone outside the US :) > > > I will be following up with pointers to public GitHub branches that > > contain the initial set of changes in steps (1) and (2) below for > > review. > > > > The proposal is to perform this change to edk2/master in the steps > > listed below. The license change will not be applied to any of the > > other existing branches in the edk2 repository. > > > > 1) Change all files with a BSD 2-Clause license and only a single > > copyright statement by Intel Corporation to an Apache 2.0 license > > and add an SPDX-License-Identifier statement. > > > > > ================================================================ > ====== > > SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 > > > > Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); > > you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. > > You may obtain a copy of the License at > > > > http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 > > > > Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software > > distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, > > WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or > implied. > > See the License for the specific language governing permissions and > > limitations under the License. > > > > > ================================================================ > ====== > > > > 2) Update Readme.md and License.txt in the root of the edk2 repository to > > state that content is covered by a mix of BSD 2-Clause and Apache 2.0 > > licenses. > > > > 3) Update all documentation to state that content submitted under the > > Apache 2.0 license no longer requires the Tianocore Contribution > > Agreement which means the following line is not required in commit > > messages for changes to files that are covered by an Apache 2.0 License. > > Presumably this also applies to files _added_ with an Apache 2.0 License? (If > so, > the above could benefit from minor rewording.) > > > Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.1 > > > > 4) Create Wiki page(s) that provide the details of the Apache 2.0 License > > change and provide the status of the license change for each package > > in the edk2 repository. Also provide a list of the additional copyright > > holders that need to be contacted to accept the change to an Apache 2.0 > > License along with the status of that acceptance. > > > > 5) After all copyright holders have accepted the change to an Apache 2.0 > > License, change the remaining files from BSD 2-Clause to Apache 2.0. > > > > 6) Update Readme.md and License.txt in the edk2 repository to state that > > Apache 2.0 is the preferred license for the EDK II project. > > From Linaro's side, we have no concern beyond that we'd like to hear ARM's > opinion. (Adding cc.) > > Regards, > > Leif _______________________________________________ edk2-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.01.org/mailman/listinfo/edk2-devel
