From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [209.132.183.28]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99E6A27D; Wed, 18 Oct 2017 17:43:35 +0200 (CEST) Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx05.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.15]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E29997E385; Wed, 18 Oct 2017 15:43:34 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mx1.redhat.com E29997E385 Authentication-Results: ext-mx04.extmail.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Authentication-Results: ext-mx04.extmail.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com; spf=fail smtp.mailfrom=dneary@redhat.com Received: from dhcp-41-137.bos.redhat.com (ovpn-124-126.rdu2.redhat.com [10.10.124.126]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3A1A18307F; Wed, 18 Oct 2017 15:43:34 +0000 (UTC) To: Thomas Monjalon , tdelanerolle@linuxfoundation.org References: <20171018150431.17200-1-thomas@monjalon.net> <20171018150431.17200-4-thomas@monjalon.net> Cc: web@dpdk.org, govboard@dpdk.org, techboard@dpdk.org From: Dave Neary Message-ID: <9a56b219-3bb8-e85f-5b73-4653fe51acb5@redhat.com> Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 11:43:33 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20171018150431.17200-4-thomas@monjalon.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.15 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.28]); Wed, 18 Oct 2017 15:43:35 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [dpdk-web] [dpdk-govboard] [PATCH 3/3] update license policy wording X-BeenThere: web@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK website maintenance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 15:43:36 -0000 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 > --- > 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 @@ >
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  1. > All new inbound contributions to DPDK > - shall be made under the following licenses: > + will be made under the following licenses: >
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    1. > - The - >GPLv2 license > + The + >GPL-2.0 license > shall be used for code that runs in the kernel. > Current examples of this are: >
        > @@ -465,20 +465,20 @@ > lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/ixgbe >
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    2. > - A dual > - - >3-clause BSD / > - - >GPLv2 license or > - - >3-clause BSD / > - - >LGPLv2 license > - shall be used for code that is shared between the kernel and userspace. > + A disjonctive licence choice of > + + >BSD-3-Clause OR > + + >GPL-2.0 or > + + >BSD-3-Clause OR > + + >LGPL-2.0 > + will be used for code that is shared between the kernel and userspace. > Current examples of this are: >
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      • > - BSD/GPLv2: > + BSD-3-Clause OR GPL-2.0: >
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        1. > All files in > @@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ > >dom0_mm_misc.c >
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      • > - BSD/LGPLv2: > + BSD-3-Clause OR LGPL-2.0: >
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        1. > @@ -509,9 +509,9 @@ >
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    3. > - The - >3-clause BSD license > - shall be used for all other contributions. > + The + >BSD-3-Clause license > + will be used for all other contributions. >
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  2. > 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