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

["Liming Gao" <liming.gao@intel.com>]

Mike:
  I also review QuarkPlatformPkg, QuarkSocPkg. The changes look good to me. Reviewed-by: Liming Gao <liming.gao@intel.com>

Thanks
Liming
>-----Original Message-----
>From: devel@edk2.groups.io [mailto:devel@edk2.groups.io] On Behalf Of
>Michael D Kinney
>Sent: Thursday, April 04, 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_V
>3
>
>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
>
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