From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=missing; spf=pass (domain: redhat.com, ip: 209.132.183.28, mailfrom: lersek@redhat.com) Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [209.132.183.28]) by groups.io with SMTP; Fri, 12 Apr 2019 16:30:15 -0700 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.11]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C7BBD3167E46; Fri, 12 Apr 2019 23:30:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lacos-laptop-7.usersys.redhat.com (ovpn-120-65.rdu2.redhat.com [10.10.120.65]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 810BF600C8; Fri, 12 Apr 2019 23:30:13 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [edk2-devel] [Wiki Patch 2/2] Change preferred license of EDK II to BSD+Patent To: devel@edk2.groups.io, michael.d.kinney@intel.com Cc: Andrew Fish , Leif Lindholm References: <20190412225040.17628-1-michael.d.kinney@intel.com> <20190412225040.17628-3-michael.d.kinney@intel.com> From: "Laszlo Ersek" Message-ID: <5472755e-ee8a-5e1a-bff7-5f1cf74f11c7@redhat.com> Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 01:30:12 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.9.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20190412225040.17628-3-michael.d.kinney@intel.com> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.11 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.41]); Fri, 12 Apr 2019 23:30:14 +0000 (UTC) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 04/13/19 00:50, Michael D Kinney wrote: > https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1656 > > Change the Wiki documentation to state that the preferred license of the > EDK II is the BSD+Patent License and remove references to the TianoCore > Contributor's Agreement. > > Cc: Andrew Fish > Cc: Laszlo Ersek > Cc: Leif Lindholm > Signed-off-by: Michael D Kinney > --- > BSD-License.md | 2 +- > BSD-Patent-License.md | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ > Code-Contributions.mediawiki | 4 +--- > EDK-II.md | 2 +- > Edk2-buildtools.mediawiki | 2 +- > Legalese.md | 9 +++++---- > OVMF-FAQ.md | 11 +++-------- > _Footer.md | 2 +- > 8 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) > create mode 100644 BSD-Patent-License.md > > diff --git a/BSD-License.md b/BSD-License.md > index debf562..e846663 100644 > --- a/BSD-License.md > +++ b/BSD-License.md > @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ > -The preferred license for TianoCore contributions is [BSD-2-Clause](http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause). The [[Legalese]] page contains information on other licenses accepted under the contributors agreement, and how licenses should be documented in TianoCore projects. > +The preferred license for TianoCore contributions is [[BSD+Patent|BSD Patent License]]. The [[Legalese]] page contains information on other licenses accepted under the contributors agreement, and how licenses should be documented in TianoCore projects. > > # Example Language: BSD-2-Clause > > diff --git a/BSD-Patent-License.md b/BSD-Patent-License.md > new file mode 100644 > index 0000000..38c7b31 > --- /dev/null > +++ b/BSD-Patent-License.md > @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ > +The preferred license for TianoCore contributions is [BSD+Patent](https://opensource.org/licenses/BSDplusPatent). > +The [[Legalese]] page contains information on other accepted licenses, and how licenses should be documented in > +TianoCore projects. > + > +# Example Language: BSD+Patent > + > +The preferred method to specify a license for TianoCore contributions is to use > +[SPDX](https://spdx.org/licenses/) identifiers. The SPDX identifier for the > +BSD+Patent License is `BSD-2-Clause-Patent`. The following is example file > +header content. > + > +``` > + > +Copyright (c) 2019, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. > + > +SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause-Patent > + > +``` > diff --git a/Code-Contributions.mediawiki b/Code-Contributions.mediawiki > index 1ebd6d7..b5b226c 100644 > --- a/Code-Contributions.mediawiki > +++ b/Code-Contributions.mediawiki > @@ -1,6 +1,4 @@ > -Please refer to [https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/raw/master/Contributions.txt Contributions.txt] for more information. > - > -Contributions.txt should also be available in the source tree. (Older source releases may not have the file.) > +Please refer to [https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/blob/master/Readme.md] for more information. > > See also > > diff --git a/EDK-II.md b/EDK-II.md > index ee886b9..0f9960b 100644 > --- a/EDK-II.md > +++ b/EDK-II.md > @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ > # EDK II > > -EDK II is a modern, feature-rich, cross-platform firmware development environment for the UEFI and PI specifications. EDK II is open source, using a [BSD](http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php) license. > +EDK II is a modern, feature-rich, cross-platform firmware development environment for the UEFI and PI specifications. EDK II is open source, using a [[BSD+Patent|BSD Patent License]]. > > ## Source Repositories > > diff --git a/Edk2-buildtools.mediawiki b/Edk2-buildtools.mediawiki > index d71d4e2..540c916 100644 > --- a/Edk2-buildtools.mediawiki > +++ b/Edk2-buildtools.mediawiki > @@ -165,6 +165,6 @@ Your Feedback is critical to making EDK II a success. Please submit any enhancem > > Goto [[edk2-devel]] to Join the Mailing list > > -License information: [http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php BSD] > +License information: [[BSD+Patent|BSD Patent License]] > > Project owner(s): See: [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tianocore/edk2/master/Maintainers.txt Maintainers.txt] > diff --git a/Legalese.md b/Legalese.md > index eadc859..633dcb7 100644 > --- a/Legalese.md > +++ b/Legalese.md > @@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ If you would like to make code contributions to our community, please refer to o > > ## Licenses for TianoCore Contributions > > -The preferred license for TianoCore is [[BSD-2-Clause|BSD License]]. The TianoCore contributors agreement describes acceptable licenses for community contributions. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tianocore/edk2/master/MdePkg/Contributions.txt > +The preferred license for TianoCore is [[BSD+Patent|BSD Patent License]]. When that is not possible, then contributions using > +the following licenses can be accepted: > > * BSD (2-clause): http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause > * BSD (3-clause): http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause > @@ -12,8 +13,8 @@ The preferred license for TianoCore is [[BSD-2-Clause|BSD License]]. The TianoCo > > ## Documenting Licenses in Source Projects > > -The full license should be documented in a LICENSE.TXT file, found in the package directory. > +The full license should be documented in a LICENSE.TXT file, found in the root of a repository. > > -Example: https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/blob/master/MdeModulePkg/License.txt > +Example: https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/blob/master/License.txt > > -Source file headers should contain an abbreviated version of the license, with a link to the full license text. An example is provided in the [EDK II Coding Standards Specification](https://edk2-docs.gitbooks.io/edk-ii-c-coding-standards-specification/content/), Section 5.2.3.4 ("License"). > \ No newline at end of file > +Source file headers should contain an [SPDX](https://spdx.org/licenses/) identifier of the license. An example is provided on the [[BSD+Patent|BSD Patent License]] page. > diff --git a/OVMF-FAQ.md b/OVMF-FAQ.md > index 35e68fb..2e97589 100644 > --- a/OVMF-FAQ.md > +++ b/OVMF-FAQ.md > @@ -36,13 +36,8 @@ is built upon the EDK II code base. > > ### What source code license does OVMF use? > > -OVMF follows the EDK II project in using the open source [BSD > -license](http://opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php). > - > -Note: A binary of the [UEFI FAT](edk2-fat-driver "wikilink") driver may > -be included with OVMF builds. The source code to this driver uses the > -[BSD license](http://opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php) with [an > -additional term](edk2-fat-driver "wikilink"). > +OVMF follows the EDK II project in using the open source [[BSD+Patent|BSD Patent License]] license. > +Some OVMF content is convered by additional licenses detailed in [OvmfPkg/License.txt](https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/blob/master/OvmfPkg/License.txt). > > ### What does OVMF provide? > > @@ -92,7 +87,7 @@ are supported for that release. > > ### Are only open source virtual machines supported? > > -We have chosen the BSD license to enable easy incorporation of any of > +We have chosen the BSD+Patent license to enable easy incorporation of any of > the piece of our code within nearly any type of product. But, it is > likely that the firmware images produced by OvmfPkg under edk2 will only > support open source virtual machines. > diff --git a/_Footer.md b/_Footer.md > index 7a72f7b..498afdb 100644 > --- a/_Footer.md > +++ b/_Footer.md > @@ -1 +1 @@ > -[[Home]] | [[Getting Started with EDK II]] | [[Reporting Issues]] | [[Community Information]] | [[Community Support]] | [[Tasks]] | [[BSD|BSD License]] > \ No newline at end of file > +[[Home]] | [[Getting Started with EDK II]] | [[Reporting Issues]] | [[Community Information]] | [[Community Support]] | [[Tasks]] | [[BSD+Patent|BSD Patent License]] > \ No newline at end of file > Can we replace the "BSD Patent License" article identifier (which has several instances in the patch) with "BSD Plus Patent License"? If I look at , its title says "BSD+Patent". So if we can't put "+" in the article identifer, I think we should spell out "Plus". If it's a bad idea, I don't insist. Reviewed-by: Laszlo Ersek Thanks Laszlo