Re: [PATCH V2] Change EDK II to BSD+Patent License

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

Hi Laszlo,

The update to OvmfPkg/License.txt was manual, similar
to Licence.txt and Readme.md in the root of the edk2
repository, so I do not plan to squash.

Thanks,

Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Laszlo Ersek [mailto:lersek@redhat.com]
> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2019 5:12 AM
> To: Kinney, Michael D <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>;
> edk2-devel@lists.01.org
> Subject: Re: [edk2] [PATCH V2] Change EDK II to
> BSD+Patent License
> 
> Hi Mike,
> 
> On 03/23/19 03:25, Kinney, Michael D wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > 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
> > =========
> 
> [...]
> 
> > 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.
> 
> [...]
> 
> > f9d59ccdc5 OvmfPkg: Change License.txt from 2-Clause
> BSD to BSD+Patent
> 
> [...]
> 
> > e39d07266d OvmfPkg: Replace BSD License with
> BSD+Patent License
> 
> The series now has two patches for OvmfPkg. Did you
> intend to squash
> these into one (to match the original intent quoted
> above, i.e. one
> patch per pkg), or did you intend to keep both patches
> separate?
> 
> If you meant to squash them, can you please do that and
> push a v3?
> 
> If the patches should be separate, I'll review both
> patches as they are
> (plus recheck ArmVirtPkg).
> 
> Thanks!
> Laszlo