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

["Ni, Ray" <ray.ni@intel.com>]

Reviewed-by: Ray Ni <ray.ni@intel.com> for OptionRomPkg.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: devel@edk2.groups.io <devel@edk2.groups.io> On Behalf Of Michael
> D Kinney
> Sent: Saturday, April 6, 2019 5:40 AM
> To: devel@edk2.groups.io; Kinney, Michael D <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [edk2-devel] [edk2] [PATCH V3] Change EDK II to BSD+Patent
> License
> 
> EDK II Maintainers and Reviewers,
> 
> I have create an EDK II Wiki Page to track the progress of the reviews for
> change of EDK II to a BSD+Patent License.
> 
> https://github.com/tianocore/tianocore.github.io/wiki/Change-EDK-II-to-
> BSD-Patent-License.
> 
> Please review your patches and provide feedback and reviewed-by
> responses to this list by April 8, 2019 to support the commit of the changes on
> April 9, 2019.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kinney, Michael D
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 3, 2019 4:42 PM
> > To: devel@edk2.groups.io; Kinney, Michael D
> > <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>
> > Subject: [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_BsdPaten
> > tLicense_V3
> >
> > The commits in patch series can be viewed here:
> >
> >
> > https://github.com/mdkinney/edk2/commits/Bug_1373_BsdPa
> > tentLicense_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
> 
> 
>