From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga03.intel.com (mga03.intel.com [134.134.136.65]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CE67DE0 for ; Wed, 30 May 2018 17:18:25 +0200 (CEST) X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from fmsmga004.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.48]) by orsmga103.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 30 May 2018 08:18:24 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.49,460,1520924400"; d="scan'208";a="58931154" Received: from irsmsx103.ger.corp.intel.com ([163.33.3.157]) by fmsmga004.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 30 May 2018 08:18:23 -0700 Received: from irsmsx104.ger.corp.intel.com ([169.254.5.212]) by IRSMSX103.ger.corp.intel.com ([169.254.3.136]) with mapi id 14.03.0319.002; Wed, 30 May 2018 16:18:22 +0100 From: "Kovacevic, Marko" To: "Mcnamara, John" , Hemant Agrawal , Thomas Monjalon , "Yigit, Ferruh" CC: "dev@dpdk.org" Thread-Topic: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1] doc: add SPDX Licence to doc files Thread-Index: AQHT0AprTdm6i3q2iEaaKmle0m1hIqP5WsiAgEcdsICAAGGS0IABV50AgANZywCAALz/AIAA5U8AgAFuSPA= Date: Wed, 30 May 2018 15:18:22 +0000 Message-ID: <6DC05C7C5F25994B81B3F2F214251F6601FEA917@IRSMSX104.ger.corp.intel.com> References: <20180409131113.20729-1-marko.kovacevic@intel.com> <9d6e8082-341b-3ff5-9918-82a4bc9e149d@nxp.com> <3911347.aynUWzppg9@xps> <6DC05C7C5F25994B81B3F2F214251F6638E948@IRSMSX104.ger.corp.intel.com> In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: dlp-product: dlpe-windows dlp-version: 11.0.200.100 dlp-reaction: no-action x-titus-metadata-40: eyJDYXRlZ29yeUxhYmVscyI6IiIsIk1ldGFkYXRhIjp7Im5zIjoiaHR0cDpcL1wvd3d3LnRpdHVzLmNvbVwvbnNcL0ludGVsMyIsImlkIjoiY2NjYmNiYTctYWFjZi00ZmFiLTk0MzEtMDUxOGRkM2VhMTZhIiwicHJvcHMiOlt7Im4iOiJDVFBDbGFzc2lmaWNhdGlvbiIsInZhbHMiOlt7InZhbHVlIjoiQ1RQX05UIn1dfV19LCJTdWJqZWN0TGFiZWxzIjpbXSwiVE1DVmVyc2lvbiI6IjE2LjUuOS4zIiwiVHJ1c3RlZExhYmVsSGFzaCI6InRYOW9wdllkR3RhYVwvK2pYdjNiblVnZ2VMeXdRMTZ5eXpWUGJJeDhFRzVZPSJ9 x-ctpclassification: CTP_NT x-originating-ip: [163.33.239.182] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1] doc: add SPDX Licence to doc files X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 May 2018 15:18:26 -0000 > > [Hemant] I got following recommendation from the Linux Foundation legal= : > > "For files that are e.g. release scripts and documentation, these are > > typically understood to consist of contributions that are copyrighted > > by their contributors. So even if there isn't a notice in the file, it > > would still generally be understood to be subject to its contributors' > > copyrights and to be licensed out under an open source license. > > > > As you suggested, adding copyright and license notices can help > > clarify these specifics for downstream uses. We have recommended as > > best practices that projects add something like "Copyright The > > _________ Project" or "Copyright The __________ contributors". I think > > your suggestion of "Copyright The DPDK Community" is fine. And yes, > > I'd recommend including the appropriate license notice and/or SPDX > > identifier in these files as well. > > Just to be clear, also, we _don't_ recommend removing pre-existing > > copyright notices unless you are the copyright holder in question. > > It's generally understood that it's fine to add general copyright > > notices where accurate, but only the copyright holder should remove or > > modify their own notices. " > > > > [Hemant] So, "The DPDK Project" or "The DPDK contributors" or "The > > DPDK community" - anything is fine, we have to use just one of these > > consistently. After some discussion intel would prefer to keep the license as is on the r= elease notes.=20 Other contributors/companies can add respective SPDX license for their cont= ributions Marko K.