Re: [edk2] [PATCH V3] Change EDK II to BSD+Patent License

["BobCF" <bob.c.feng@intel.com>]

For BaseTools,

Reviewed-by: Bob Feng <bob.c.feng@intel.com>

-----Original Message-----
From: devel@edk2.groups.io [mailto:devel@edk2.groups.io] On Behalf Of Michael D Kinney
Sent: Thursday, April 4, 2019 7:42 AM
To: devel@edk2.groups.io; Kinney, Michael D <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>
Subject: [edk2-devel] [edk2] [PATCH V3] Change EDK II to BSD+Patent License

Hello,

New in V3
=========
* Update the base of the patch series from edk2-stable201903 to
  7ed72121b7 that is after the file add/remove freeze:

  https://lists.01.org/pipermail/edk2-devel/2019-April/038574.html

* Replace copyright line in License.txt in root with a single copyright
  for "TianoCore and contributors".
* Clarify commit message for changes to License.txt to state the text
  differences are larger than expected due to differences in line breaks.
* There is one less patch in the series than V2 due to the retirement
  of the EdkCompatibilityPkg.
* The git feature "git range-diff" can be used to compare the V2 and
  V3 branches even though they have different bases.  If you have both
  the V2 and V3 branches in your local repo, you can use the following
  command to see the changes.  Most are due to the removal of .S files
  in March.  If you pipe through grep looking for "diff --git" you will
  see the list of files with differences.

  git range-diff edk2-stable201903..Bug_1373_BsdPatentLicense_V2 7ed72121b7..Bug_1373_BsdPatentLicense_V3

New in V2
=========
* Remove Cc lines from commit messages
* Remove branch reference from commit messages
* Change license in 2 files missed in OvmfPkg
* Update OvmfPkg/License.txt to BSD+Patent as the default license
* Move the portions of Contributions.txt in the root of edk2 to
  Readme.md in the root of edk2 that describe how to contribute
  along with the commit message format.
* Add to Readme.md in the root of edk2 that Signed-off-by means that
  the contributor certifies compliance to the Developer's Certificate
  of Origin 1.1.  https://developercertificate.org =========

BZ: https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1373

This change is based on the following emails:
  https://lists.01.org/pipermail/edk2-devel/2019-February/036260.html
  https://lists.01.org/pipermail/edk2-devel/2018-October/030385.html

RFCs with detailed process for the license change:
  V3: https://lists.01.org/pipermail/edk2-devel/2019-March/038116.html
  V2: https://lists.01.org/pipermail/edk2-devel/2019-March/037669.html
  V1: https://lists.01.org/pipermail/edk2-devel/2019-March/037500.html

I have posted the patch series for review on the following branch using
7ed72121b7 as the base for the patch series.

  https://github.com/mdkinney/edk2/tree/Bug_1373_BsdPatentLicense_V3

The commits in patch series can be viewed here:

  https://github.com/mdkinney/edk2/commits/Bug_1373_BsdPatentLicense_V3

The patch series has one patch per package along with a few patches to update the license information in the root of the edk2 repository as described in the RFC V3.

Due to the size of the patch series, I prefer to not send the patch emails.  Instead, please perform code reviews using content from the branch.

All EDK II package maintainers and package reviewers should provide review feedback for their packages.  The critical part of the review
is:
1) Any changes that cause build breaks or logic changes.  These code
   changes are intended to only modify license contents in comment
   blocks.
2) Any file that has been changed to BSD+Patent, but should remain
   with the current license.
3) Any file that that has not changed to BSD+Patent, but should be
   changed to BSD+Patent. 

Feedback and Reviewed-by emails should identify the patch the feedback applies using the patch summary listed below.  The goal is to complete all reviews to support the commit of these patches on April 9, 2019.

eece5f8a6e edk2: Remove Contributions.txt and update Readme.md
224dce1ae5 OvmfPkg: Change License.txt from 2-Clause BSD to BSD+Patent
f3cbc2ffc7 StdLibPrivateInternalFiles: Replace BSD License with BSD+Patent License
845b945044 StdLib: Replace BSD License with BSD+Patent License
e55c8532c9 AppPkg: Replace BSD License with BSD+Patent License
a6df2af909 Vlv2TbltDevicePkg: Replace BSD License with BSD+Patent License 6360b3f3af Vlv2DeviceRefCodePkg: Replace BSD License with BSD+Patent License
a67328cbb4 UefiCpuPkg: Replace BSD License with BSD+Patent License
248d91c908 StandaloneMmPkg: Replace BSD License with BSD+Patent License 415927330c SourceLevelDebugPkg: Replace BSD License with BSD+Patent License 4cd6c3f31f SignedCapsulePkg: Replace BSD License with BSD+Patent License
9ffa4947d3 ShellPkg: Replace BSD License with BSD+Patent License
fdb6510955 ShellBinPkg: Replace BSD License with BSD+Patent License
dc5f8d93d9 SecurityPkg: Replace BSD License with BSD+Patent License
841d42a913 QuarkSocPkg: Replace BSD License with BSD+Patent License
75c3756e18 QuarkPlatformPkg: Replace BSD License with BSD+Patent License
657491e5a3 PcAtChipsetPkg: Replace BSD License with BSD+Patent License 4ac687248f OvmfPkg: Replace BSD License with BSD+Patent License
521b8139c7 OptionRomPkg: Replace BSD License with BSD+Patent License
ec339f8320 Omap35xxPkg: Replace BSD License with BSD+Patent License ad1bf1a53a Nt32Pkg: Replace BSD License with BSD+Patent License aa99b9adeb NetworkPkg: Replace BSD License with BSD+Patent License
88bdc989d7 MdePkg: Replace BSD License with BSD+Patent License
5628b5e5c7 MdeModulePkg: Replace BSD License with BSD+Patent License 505e36838d IntelSiliconPkg: Replace BSD License with BSD+Patent License
e1fecb94e7 IntelFspWrapperPkg: Replace BSD License with BSD+Patent License
d7347d7ef0 IntelFspPkg: Replace BSD License with BSD+Patent License
487741dd60 IntelFsp2WrapperPkg: Replace BSD License with BSD+Patent License 0e8d264faf IntelFsp2Pkg: Replace BSD License with BSD+Patent License
f4835e9508 IntelFrameworkPkg: Replace BSD License with BSD+Patent License d9af7c1d3b IntelFrameworkModulePkg: Replace BSD License with BSD+Patent License 5a3c8a14ce FmpDevicePkg: Replace BSD License with BSD+Patent License
87d9ee37c5 FatPkg: Replace BSD License with BSD+Patent License f336d7d7de EmulatorPkg: Replace BSD License with BSD+Patent License
5ea93a6088 EmbeddedPkg: Replace BSD License with BSD+Patent License
2afa7c0820 DynamicTablesPkg: Replace BSD License with BSD+Patent License
4768af6404 CryptoPkg: Replace BSD License with BSD+Patent License
9aecbee0a3 CorebootPayloadPkg: Replace BSD License with BSD+Patent License
e7716450b8 CorebootModulePkg: Replace BSD License with BSD+Patent License 04fb04e0aa BeagleBoardPkg: Replace BSD License with BSD+Patent License
c910bd4e91 ArmVirtPkg: Replace BSD License with BSD+Patent License
6f98d2f305 ArmPlatformPkg: Replace BSD License with BSD+Patent License
1ce858bf27 ArmPkg: Replace BSD License with BSD+Patent License 0fb7bd552b BaseTools: Replace BSD License with BSD+Patent License
bc61733285 edk2: Replace BSD License with BSD+Patent License 8ee83c5dcd edk2: Change License.txt from 2-Clause BSD to BSD+Patent
17a33094a9 edk2: Add License-History.txt

Best regards,

Mike