From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from tama50.ecl.ntt.co.jp (tama50.ecl.ntt.co.jp [129.60.39.147]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8585249E0 for ; Thu, 17 May 2018 09:10:43 +0200 (CEST) Received: from vc2.ecl.ntt.co.jp (vc2.ecl.ntt.co.jp [129.60.86.154]) by tama50.ecl.ntt.co.jp (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id w4H7AgbL029352; Thu, 17 May 2018 16:10:42 +0900 Received: from vc2.ecl.ntt.co.jp (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by vc2.ecl.ntt.co.jp (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C9206390C2; Thu, 17 May 2018 16:10:42 +0900 (JST) Received: from jcms-pop21.ecl.ntt.co.jp (jcms-pop21.ecl.ntt.co.jp [129.60.87.134]) by vc2.ecl.ntt.co.jp (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08794639068; Thu, 17 May 2018 16:10:42 +0900 (JST) Received: from [IPv6:::1] (watercress.nslab.ecl.ntt.co.jp [129.60.13.73]) by jcms-pop21.ecl.ntt.co.jp (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id EA577400AD3; Thu, 17 May 2018 16:10:41 +0900 (JST) References: <20180423055414.7049-1-ogawa.yasufumi@lab.ntt.co.jp> <20180423055414.7049-3-ogawa.yasufumi@lab.ntt.co.jp> <1db65b50-f7e0-748c-e21a-652eb9c3905a@intel.com> <122b687e-aa95-5728-8318-5c7213f4d2fc@intel.com> <94952894-e5e5-6ba4-f027-3499d197bbc5@lab.ntt.co.jp> From: Yasufumi Ogawa Message-ID: <2e4c744f-9b8c-0a08-5b32-47c69ea70c75@lab.ntt.co.jp> Date: Thu, 17 May 2018 16:09:11 +0900 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-CC-Mail-RelayStamp: 1 To: Trishan de Lanerolle Cc: Ferruh Yigit , "Tim O'Driscoll" , "St Leger, Jim" , spp@dpdk.org X-TM-AS-MML: disable Subject: Re: [spp] [PATCH 2/7] spp_primary: convert license to SPDX tag X-BeenThere: spp@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: Soft Patch Panel List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 May 2018 07:10:44 -0000 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 > 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 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 > - *   THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT > - *   (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE > - *   OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. > +/* 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 > Program Manager,  Networking > Linux Foundation > voice: +1.203.699.6401 > skype: tdelanerolle > email: tdelanerolle@linuxfoundation.org -- Yasufumi Ogawa NTT Network Service Systems Labs