Re: [dpdk-web] [dpdk-govboard] [PATCH 3/3] update license policy wording

[Dave Neary <dneary@redhat.com>]

Hi,

I got the same feedback ("s/shall be/is/ makes the document more legally
ambiguous - why avoid standard legal language?) on part of this change.
I have the same reservations which I also make on the govboard list when
this change was proposed.

Thanks,
Dave.

On 10/18/2017 11:04 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> Linux Foundation asks to
> - change wording of the license names
> - use spdx.org to describe licenses
> - change dual licensing wording with "OR" keyword
> - replace "shall" by "will"
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> ---
>  about/charter.html | 36 ++++++++++++++++++------------------
>  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/about/charter.html b/about/charter.html
> index 235ebba..9ac8a32 100644
> --- a/about/charter.html
> +++ b/about/charter.html
> @@ -447,11 +447,11 @@
>  <ol>
>  	<li>
>  		All new inbound contributions to DPDK
> -		shall be made under the following licenses:
> +		will be made under the following licenses:
>  	<ol>
>  		<li>
> -			The <a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.en.html"
> -			>GPLv2 license</a>
> +			The <a href="https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-2.0.html"
> +			>GPL-2.0 license</a>
>  			shall be used for code that runs in the kernel.
>  			Current examples of this are:
>  		<ol>
> @@ -465,20 +465,20 @@
>  				lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/ixgbe
>  		</ol>
>  		<li>
> -			A dual
> -			<a href="https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause"
> -			>3-clause BSD</a> /
> -			<a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.en.html"
> -			>GPLv2</a> license or
> -			<a href="https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause"
> -			>3-clause BSD</a> /
> -			<a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.0.en.html"
> -			>LGPLv2</a> license
> -			shall be used for code that is shared between the kernel and userspace.
> +			A disjonctive licence choice of
> +			<a href="https://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause.html"
> +			>BSD-3-Clause</a> OR
> +			<a href="https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-2.0.html"
> +			>GPL-2.0</a> or
> +			<a href="https://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause.html"
> +			>BSD-3-Clause</a> OR
> +			<a href="https://spdx.org/licenses/LGPL-2.0.html"
> +			>LGPL-2.0</a>
> +			will be used for code that is shared between the kernel and userspace.
>  			Current examples of this are:
>  		<ul>
>  			<li>
> -				BSD/GPLv2:
> +				BSD-3-Clause OR GPL-2.0:
>  			<ol>
>  				<li>
>  					All files in
> @@ -496,7 +496,7 @@
>  					>dom0_mm_misc.c</a>
>  			</ol>
>  			<li>
> -				BSD/LGPLv2:
> +				BSD-3-Clause OR LGPL-2.0:
>  			<ol start="4">
>  				<li>
>  					<a href="/browse/dpdk/tree/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/include/exec-env/rte_dom0_common.h"
> @@ -509,9 +509,9 @@
>  			</ol>
>  		</ul>
>  		<li>
> -			The <a href="https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause"
> -			>3-clause BSD license</a>
> -			shall be used for all other contributions.
> +			The <a href="https://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause.html"
> +			>BSD-3-Clause license</a>
> +			will be used for all other contributions.
>  	</ol>
>  	<li>
>  		All contributions shall include a "Signed-off-by:" line
> 

-- 
Dave Neary - NFV/SDN Community Strategy
Open Source and Standards, Red Hat - http://community.redhat.com
Ph: +1-978-399-2182 / Cell: +1-978-799-3338