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DIR:OUT; SFP:1101; SCL:1; SRVR:AM2PR04MB1073; H:AM2PR04MB0753.eurprd04.prod.outlook.com; FPR:; SPF:None; LANG:en; PTR:InfoNoRecords; MX:1; A:1; received-spf: None (protection.outlook.com: nxp.com does not designate permitted sender hosts) x-microsoft-antispam-message-info: C3awTAa3nhEJxDlMHtlqRz2tO5aDThCHI4A+HV4bRIRT4wHr6Cd0W63cbSC+JumBDN99XbBYuF4clJpgSuoqRumi93naspZYhymeMQd8Fx5cr31vMIeXvmLUWErdFU/mzPlLAhHE6crc8Wp1nzbs/Ekjc5BSPmx3e07zfiJ2brUcg+0sH4UfWR6g6YzosGJF spamdiagnosticoutput: 1:99 spamdiagnosticmetadata: NSPM Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-MS-Office365-Filtering-Correlation-Id: 699f9e86-cc03-4a38-d092-08d5c513c7de X-OriginatorOrg: nxp.com X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-Network-Message-Id: 699f9e86-cc03-4a38-d092-08d5c513c7de X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-originalarrivaltime: 29 May 2018 03:25:09.0011 (UTC) X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-fromentityheader: Hosted X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-id: 686ea1d3-bc2b-4c6f-a92c-d99c5c301635 X-MS-Exchange-Transport-CrossTenantHeadersStamped: AM2PR04MB1073 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: Tue, 29 May 2018 03:25:10 -0000 HI John, >=20 > -----Original Message----- > From: Kovacevic, Marko [mailto:marko.kovacevic@intel.com] > Sent: Friday, May 25, 2018 9:00 PM > To: Thomas Monjalon ; Hemant Agrawal=20 > ; Yigit, Ferruh > Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Mcnamara, John > Subject: RE: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1] doc: add SPDX Licence to doc files >=20 > > > > > > It has been recommended to add SPDX tags to release notes, with a=20 > > global copyright on behalf of all contributors, or community. > > > > We need a v2 of this patch, thanks. > > > > >=20 > Hi Thomas, >=20 > What exactly is the global copyright ? >=20 > [Hemant] We discussed with LF foundation lawyers. It was suggested to=20 > use "Copyright 2018 The DPDK Community" Hi Hemant, Is that valid? "The DPDK Community" isn't a single, clear entity. If that is what has been agreed then we are okay with it but I wanted to ma= ke 100% sure. [Hemant] I got following recommendation from the Linux Foundation legal: "For files that are e.g. release scripts and documentation, these are typic= ally understood to consist of contributions that are copyrighted by their c= ontributors. So even if there isn't a notice in the file, it would still ge= nerally 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 the= se specifics for downstream uses. We have recommended as best practices tha= t projects add something like "Copyright The _________ Project" or "Copyrig= ht The __________ contributors". I think your suggestion of "Copyright The = DPDK Community" is fine. And yes, I'd recommend including the appropriate l= icense notice and/or SPDX identifier in these files as well. Just to be clear, also, we _don't_ recommend removing pre-existing copyrigh= t notices unless you are the copyright holder in question. It's generally u= nderstood that it's fine to add general copyright notices where accurate, b= ut only the copyright holder should remove or modify their own notices. " [Hemant] So, "The DPDK Project" or "The DPDK contributors" or "The DPDK com= munity" - anything is fine, we have to use just one of these consistently.= =20 Regards, Hemant