Hi Shane, Thanks for the clarification
There are known CAN sources that have GPL code and have been documented in the LICENSE File All this code is protected under the include GPL code config option and disabled by default Is this approach approved or we should completely remove the GPL code from NuttX? Thanks Alin From: Shane Curcuru <a...@shanecurcuru.org> Sent: den 6 september 2023 13:07 To: dev@nuttx.apache.org Subject: RE: CTU CAN FD driver multi-licence for Nuttx On 2023/08/09 00: 20: 42 Andrew Dennison 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 ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart Caution : This email originated from outside of Sony. Do not click links or open any attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Please report phishing if unsure. ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd On 2023/08/09 00:20:42 Andrew Dennison 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. Just a reminder: Apache policy prohibits GPL code, or GPL-derived code, from being included in any ASF project: https://apache.org/legal/resolved#category-x<https://apache.org/legal/resolved#category-x> If there is *any* question about the license of incoming code, then you should ask the Legal Affairs Committee for advice, after reviewing the ASF policy on source headers: https://apache.org/legal/src-headers.html<https://apache.org/legal/src-headers.html> Specific questions (i.e. about a specific body of code under license X that the project wants to incorporate) should be asked on Jira: https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/LEGAL/issues<https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/LEGAL/issues> -- - Shane ASF Member The Apache Software Foundation > 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<mailto: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<mailto:ondrej.i...@gmail.com>> FEE CTU > > * Copyright (C) 2018-2020 Ondrej Ille > > <ondrej.i...@gmail.com<mailto:ondrej.i...@gmail.com>> self-funded > > * Copyright (C) 2018-2019 Martin Jerabek > > <martin.jerabe...@gmail.com<mailto:martin.jerabe...@gmail.com>> > > FEE CTU > > * Copyright (C) 2018-2020 Pavel Pisa > > <p...@cmp.felk.cvut.cz<mailto:p...@cmp.felk.cvut.cz>> FEE > > CTU/self-funded > > * > > * Project advisors: > > * Jiri Novak <jno...@fel.cvut.cz<mailto:jno...@fel.cvut.cz>> > > * Pavel Pisa <p...@cmp.felk.cvut.cz<mailto:p...@cmp.felk.cvut.cz>> > > * > > * Department of Measurement > > (http://meas.fel.cvut.cz/<http://meas.fel.cvut.cz/>) > > * Faculty of Electrical Engineering > > (http://www.fel.cvut.cz<http://www.fel.cvut.cz>) > > * Czech Technical University > > (http://www.cvut.cz/<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. 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