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Date: Wed, 22 May 2024 11:25:56 +0100
From: Conor Dooley <conor@kernel.org>
To: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: net: dp8386x: Add MIT license along with
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On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 10:04:39AM +0200, Paolo Abeni wrote:
> On Mon, 2024-05-20 at 15:18 -0500, Rob Herring wrote:
> > On Mon, May 20, 2024 at 06:17:52PM +0100, Conor Dooley wrote:
> > > On Sat, May 18, 2024 at 02:18:55PM +0530, Kumar, Udit wrote:
> > > > Hi Conor
> > > >=20
> > > > On 5/17/2024 8:11 PM, Conor Dooley wrote:
> > > > > On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 03:39:20PM +0100, Conor Dooley wrote:
> > > > > > On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 04:12:26PM +0530, Udit Kumar wrote:
> > > > > > > Modify license to include dual licensing as GPL-2.0-only OR M=
IT
> > > > > > > license for TI specific phy header files. This allows for Lin=
ux
> > > > > > > kernel files to be used in other Operating System ecosystems
> > > > > > > such as Zephyr or FreeBSD.
> > > > > > What's wrong with BSD-2-Clause, why not use that?
> > > > > I cut myself off, I meant to say:
> > > > > What's wrong with BSD-2-Clause, the standard dual license for
> > > > > bindings, why not use that?
> > > >=20
> > > > want to be inline with License of top level DTS, which is including=
 this
> > > > header file
> > >=20
> > > Unless there's a specific reason to use MIT (like your legal won't ev=
en
> > > allow you to use BSD-2-Clause) then please just use the normal license
> > > for bindings here.
> >=20
> > Aligning with the DTS files is enough reason for me as that's where=20
> > these files are used. If you need to pick a permissive license for both=
,=20
> > then yes, use BSD-2-Clause. Better yet, ask your lawyer.
>=20
> Conor would you agree with Rob? - my take is that he is ok with this
> patch.

I don't think whether or not I agree matters, Rob said it's fine so it's
fine.

Cheers,
Conor.

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