On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 09:47:55PM +0300, Sam Protsenko wrote: > On 16 May 2018 at 15:08, Tom Rini <tr...@konsulko.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 11:51:36PM +0300, Sam Protsenko wrote: > > > >> Android documentation recommends new image format for storing DTB/DTBO > >> files: [1]. To support that format, two things should be done: > >> > >> 1. Add dt_table.h file from Android (BSD-3 relicensed version): [2]. > >> This header defines structures and constants that we need to work > >> with that DT image format. > >> > >> Changes: > >> - re-licensed from Apache to BSD-3 > >> - removed functions declarations > >> - change the coding style to kernel (make checkpatch happy) > >> > >> 2. Add helper functions for Android DTB/DTBO format. In > >> image-android-dt.* files you can find helper functions to work with > >> Android DT image format, such us routines for: > >> - printing the dump of image structure > >> - getting the address and size of desired dtb/dtbo file > >> > >> [1] https://source.android.com/devices/architecture/dto/partitions > >> [2] > >> https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/libufdt/+/58a7582180f477032cd6c74f8d9afad0038e74c3/utils/src/dt_table.h > >> > >> Signed-off-by: Sam Protsenko <semen.protse...@linaro.org> > > > > Why is it OK to change the license on the code? AFAICT someone can't > > just relicense Apache to BSD-3. What happened for > > include/android_image.h was that Google relicensed the Android code in > > question to BSD-2 (which in turn allows us in GPL projects). Thanks! > > Ok, I will try to ask Google to do the same for the header I used. Do > you know what exactly should be done? Do they need to publish > relicensed file somewhere, or exactly in Android, or we just need a > confirmation from their side? Also, which license is preferable for > us?
I believe Alex helped us last time, and it was done, iirc, by someone from Google submitting the file with the license we need and a Signed-off-by from their google.com address. -- Tom
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