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

["Kinney, Michael D" <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>]

Leif and Jordan,

Would you mind putting together a specific proposal
and perhaps some links to other projects that use
the same approach?

I am happy to update the RFC to V3 to address this 
topic if we can close on it quickly.

Thanks,

Mike


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leif Lindholm [mailto:leif.lindholm@linaro.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 10:59 AM
> To: Kinney, Michael D <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>
> Cc: Justen, Jordan L <jordan.l.justen@intel.com>; edk2-
> devel@lists.01.org
> Subject: Re: [edk2] PATCH] Change EDK II to BSD+Patent
> License
> 
> Hi Mike,
> 
> I see where Jordan is coming from here.
> 
> It isn't just about losing the comment in
> Contriutions.txt - there are
> bits in the actual TianoCore Contribution Agreement that
> cover the
> same things as https://developercertificate.org/ (that
> are not
> explicitly called out elsewhere in the existing
> Contributions.txt).
> 
> Like Jordan says, we wouldn't be the first project that
> use
> Signed-off-by without specifying exactly what it means,
> but I think
> we're one of the ones that actually care quite a bit.
> 
> I could live with us not resolving this at the same time
> as the
> license change, but I would prefer if we did...
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Leif
> 
> On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 06:25:54PM +0000, Kinney, Michael
> D wrote:
> > Hi Jordan,
> >
> > No proposed changes to the Signed-off-by tags.  If you
> have
> > a proposal, please provide an RFC or bring to the
> monthly
> > EDK II community meeting.
> >
> > This series is focused on the license change, the use
> of SPDX
> > identifiers, and removing the Contributed-under tag
> from
> > commit messages.
> >
> > I will update the V2 version of the patch series in to
> make
> > sure the content from Contributions.txt that is not
> part of
> > the TianoCore Contribution Agreement is added to
> Readme.md.
> >
> > The RFC mentioned the need to update documentation.  I
> will
> > send that out as a separate Wiki patch series for
> review.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Justen, Jordan L
> > > Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2019 11:04 AM
> > > To: Kinney, Michael D <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>;
> > > edk2-devel@lists.01.org
> > > Subject: Re: [edk2] PATCH] Change EDK II to
> BSD+Patent
> > > License
> > >
> > > On 2019-03-13 10:54:22, Kinney, Michael D wrote:
> > > >
> > > > 84141eacac edk2: Remove Contributions.txt and
> update
> > > Readme.md
> > >
> > > I guess this removes the requirement for the
> > > 'Contributed-under' tag
> > > in commit messages?
> > >
> > > But, what about Signed-off-by? Is it desirable to
> > > remove that
> > > requirement?
> > >
> > > Relatedly, some open source projects have
> standardized
> > > on tying the
> > > Signed-off-by to this text:
> > >
> > > https://developercertificate.org/
> > >
> > > So, the contributor doesn't have to agree to give the
> > > project the
> > > contribution under the Contributed-under terms, but
> > > they still
> > > indicate that they believe that the project can use
> the
> > > code under the
> > > project's indicated license.
> > >
> > > There is also other information in Contributions.txt
> > > that appears to
> > > have been deleted, rather than moved. I guess it is
> > > mostly duplicated
> > > on the wiki. That doesn't mean it's not a good idea
> to
> > > duplicate it in
> > > the source tree, or at least provide a web-link. It
> > > seems like the
> > > first place devs might look for such information is
> > > either the readme,
> > > or Contributions.txt.
> > >
> > > Regarding the wiki, I guess it has to be updated
> after
> > > this change is
> > > made. It might be good to add that to the bug so it
> > > can't be closed
> > > until that is fixed.
> > >
> > > How about updating BaseTools/Scripts/PatchCheck.py?
> > >
> > > -Jordan
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