On Thu, 25 Jul 2013 21:20:58 +0200, Wolfgang Denk <w...@denx.de> wrote:
> Hello all, > > this is to raise your attention to some small but important change in > the way we're dealing with software licenses in U-Boot. > > Don't be afraid - the licensing itself does not change at all, we just > change the way how we express the license terms in the source code. > > Please see commit > > eca3aeb 2013-07-24 09:44:16 -0400 Licenses: introduce SPDX Unique > Lincense Identifiers > > What does that mean: > > - New files being added to U-Boot should no longer include a > multi-line license header; instead, they shall contain a single line > Unique Lincense Identifier, i. e. a line like this: > > SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ > > For details, please see http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/Licensing > > - Any help in cleaning up the remaining files (replacing existing > license headers by Unique Lincense Identifiers) is welcome - but > note that this is a task that needs to be done carefully - fully > automatic editing is not really an option, as for example some files > were found that included not one, but two (and incompatible!) > license headers, so it really needs careful consideration how to > resolve such issues. > > > To all custodians: please have a special look at any new code being > added, and help guiding users to this new policy of using Unique > Lincense Identifiers. ARM-related repo custodians in particular, note that u-boot-arm/master has merged current u-boot/master and that, at this time, there is no stray licence comment block remaining in there. Please make sure your PRs to ARM do not (re)introduce any. > Thanks for all your help! What Wolfgang said. :) > Best regards, > > Wolfgang Denk Amicalement, -- Albert. _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
