From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received-SPF: Pass (sender SPF authorized) identity=mailfrom; client-ip=2a00:1450:4864:20::429; helo=mail-wr1-x429.google.com; envelope-from=leif.lindholm@linaro.org; receiver=edk2-devel@lists.01.org Received: from mail-wr1-x429.google.com (mail-wr1-x429.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::429]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ml01.01.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 77B6B21184AB6 for ; Thu, 29 Nov 2018 14:53:41 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-wr1-x429.google.com with SMTP id l9so3487901wrt.13 for ; Thu, 29 Nov 2018 14:53:41 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linaro.org; s=google; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=CQy8Tn8LPA9lVaaGCpjRrJmerrFT0MXpYczyx/ccMaE=; b=QWSHPN/U7IfVY09XXrwdBA0TzzKSL5cC8JNeCmh17+oH4LFMiGVuN+SocoHjraHFU1 oc3/x4NT1/zwi1rupWcqdcvcOMNoPPWhFF89jg7yEUZfcryh1ZZtDx6FuEebGPiyvxDg bETvl0qhSS/ipCUFgDMzFcTVws4BaxRLtAOBU= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=CQy8Tn8LPA9lVaaGCpjRrJmerrFT0MXpYczyx/ccMaE=; b=hEVsb6LWv4ViHE6raGSLthDydnaWdxB+Njl4No/xEb3lae7U9qGV+IDk9FQUvsJ1yL Z4qDrBlKsjC+AwwjWb8d0pBy2eAJq0az2d3JzlyH+bPNCSiifB1FAC7fStH4UguAS+pP 2HOMLVANAMZNWV0Ip/Z8k/r38EWsyOFeMqJ0V0fvIawfSS57TszFlLTv0d/feUrKnlOs uZcJ6iFAZ/wRxOp4V5s8NeYX6G6NvtDS9iWSVfbFppiZ+1hxwXOLU9g3PQFSD4gOCMah RbuPpsjLkbZx6XgyJyz3bMWhabyiXp01YY16ncpkLkCnDozgz1yhKu93/5R2JfE4EV3S m70Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AA+aEWYhw/hPK1cPXs8kj3zVAUHEOXYVhG6opf9TgSrIhrrJsLJ7ngD4 2T3oiKjDx5HCF3Zkd9q5g8PLw5UsD4c= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AFSGD/WUEoRb2C3twRKjDEmLke4/NaYzR94F2OkyvTFIZYdnxxN1dPhPCXDOLtn0AzKcZEgtIF5jZg== X-Received: by 2002:adf:ee89:: with SMTP id b9mr3075414wro.246.1543532019077; Thu, 29 Nov 2018 14:53:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from bivouac.eciton.net (bivouac.eciton.net. [2a00:1098:0:86:1000:23:0:2]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id w80sm3320585wme.38.2018.11.29.14.53.37 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Thu, 29 Nov 2018 14:53:37 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2018 22:53:36 +0000 From: Leif Lindholm To: "Kinney, Michael D" Cc: "edk2-devel@lists.01.org" , matteo.carlini@arm.com, Sami Mujawar Message-ID: <20181129225336.wdkdh4uqbif2eazz@bivouac.eciton.net> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: User-Agent: NeoMutt/20170113 (1.7.2) Subject: Re: [RFC] Change EDK II to an Apache 2.0 License X-BeenThere: edk2-devel@lists.01.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: EDK II Development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2018 22:53:41 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 06:39:28PM +0000, Kinney, Michael D wrote: > Hello, > > This RFC follows up on the proposal from Mark Doran to change the > EDK II Project to an Apache 2.0 License. > > https://lists.01.org/pipermail/edk2-devel/2018-October/030385.html > > > ** Please provide feedback on the proposal by Friday 12/7/18. ** 7 December 2018 to anyone outside the US :) > I will be following up with pointers to public GitHub branches that > contain the initial set of changes in steps (1) and (2) below for > review. > > The proposal is to perform this change to edk2/master in the steps listed > below. The license change will not be applied to any of the other existing > branches in the edk2 repository. > > 1) Change all files with a BSD 2-Clause license and only a single > copyright statement by Intel Corporation to an Apache 2.0 license > and add an SPDX-License-Identifier statement. > > ====================================================================== > SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 > > Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); > you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. > You may obtain a copy of the License at > > http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 > > Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software > distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, > WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. > See the License for the specific language governing permissions and > limitations under the License. > ====================================================================== > > 2) Update Readme.md and License.txt in the root of the edk2 repository to > state that content is covered by a mix of BSD 2-Clause and Apache 2.0 > licenses. > > 3) Update all documentation to state that content submitted under the > Apache 2.0 license no longer requires the Tianocore Contribution > Agreement which means the following line is not required in commit > messages for changes to files that are covered by an Apache 2.0 License. Presumably this also applies to files _added_ with an Apache 2.0 License? (If so, the above could benefit from minor rewording.) > Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.1 > > 4) Create Wiki page(s) that provide the details of the Apache 2.0 License > change and provide the status of the license change for each package > in the edk2 repository. Also provide a list of the additional copyright > holders that need to be contacted to accept the change to an Apache 2.0 > License along with the status of that acceptance. > > 5) After all copyright holders have accepted the change to an Apache 2.0 > License, change the remaining files from BSD 2-Clause to Apache 2.0. > > 6) Update Readme.md and License.txt in the edk2 repository to state that > Apache 2.0 is the preferred license for the EDK II project. >>From Linaro's side, we have no concern beyond that we'd like to hear ARM's opinion. (Adding cc.) Regards, Leif