Re: [spp] [PATCH 2/7] spp_primary: convert license to SPDX tag

[Yasufumi Ogawa <ogawa.yasufumi@lab.ntt.co.jp>]

On 2018/05/16 23:06, Trishan de Lanerolle wrote:
> Hi,
> Thanks for bringing up the question. Generally, we recommend that SPDX license identifiers -- for existing files be thought as 
> supplemental information to add. Don't replace the existing license information, add the tags on.  Suggest reviewing the patch 
> against that criteria. Remember to maintain the attribution information. You may want to speak to your in-house counsel with 
> respect to any changes you would like to make to files over which you hold copyright.
> 
> Regards,
> Trishan
Hi Trishan,

Thank you for your reply. I understand that I should not replace existing license info. I would like to have a talk to and 
confirm that it is acceptable.

Regards,
Yasufumi
> 
> 
> On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 5:08 AM, Yasufumi Ogawa <ogawa.yasufumi@lab.ntt.co.jp <mailto:ogawa.yasufumi@lab.ntt.co.jp>> wrote:
> 
>     On 2018/05/16 1:55, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> 
>         On 5/3/2018 5:08 PM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> 
>             On 4/23/2018 7:28 AM, ogawa.yasufumi@lab.ntt.co.jp <mailto:ogawa.yasufumi@lab.ntt.co.jp> wrote:
> 
>                 @@ -1,34 +1,6 @@
>                 -/*-
>                 - *   BSD LICENSE
>                 - *
>                 - *   Copyright(c) 2015-2016 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
>                 - *   All rights reserved.
>                 - *
>                 - *   Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
>                 - *   modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
>                 - *   are met:
>                 - *
>                 - *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
>                 - *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
>                 - *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
>                 - *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
>                 - *       the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
>                 - *       distribution.
>                 - *     * Neither the name of Intel Corporation nor the names of its
>                 - *       contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
>                 - *       from this software without specific prior written permission.
>                 - *
>                 - *   THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
>                 - *   "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
>                 - *   LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
>                 - *   A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
>                 - *   OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
>                 - *   SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
>                 - *   LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
>                 - *   DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
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>                 +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
>                 + * Copyright(c) 2015-2016 Intel Corporation
>                 + * Copyright(c) 2017-2018 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
>                     */
> 
> 
>             Hi Ogawa-san,
> 
>             Thanks for taking initiative to switch spp to SPDX, appreciated.
> 
>             First Trishan from Linux foundation and Jim from DPDK governance board are cc'ed
>             for input if there is any concern or more process to follow from governance
>             point of view.
> 
> 
>         The is no response, which I am taking as there is no concern and will move
>         forward on getting patches. Please shout if there are concerns.
> 
>     Hi Trishan, Jim,
> 
>     SPP was provided originally from Intel, but currently is maintained by NTT and planed to change license to SPDX. We have
>     made many changes on SPP and I would like to add NTT to the license only for considerably modified or newly created files by
>     NTT. Could you give us advice if there are any concern?
> 
>     Thanks,
>     Yasufumi
> 
> 
> 
>             Second these patches are both converts licensing to SPDX tag and adds ntt as
>             copyright holder. Can we separate these two please? A patchset to convert
>             existing licensing to SPDX as it is, and another set to add ntt.
> 
> 
>             Thanks,
>             ferruh
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>     -- 
>     Yasufumi Ogawa
>     NTT Network Service Systems Labs
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Trishan R. de Lanerolle
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> Linux Foundation
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Yasufumi Ogawa
NTT Network Service Systems Labs