Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH v2 1/1] ReadMe.rst: Add Apache License 2.0 and update submodule list

["Michael Kubacki" <mikuback@linux.microsoft.com>]

Commit 8da978bf68535ec9fc41f400f22f09b033dd535a

On 11/2/2023 11:59 AM, Michael Kubacki wrote:
> From: Michael Kubacki <michael.kubacki@microsoft.com>
> 
> - Adds Apache License 2.0 as an acceptable source license per
>    discussion in https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/110226
> - Updates the URL for existing licenses to match the current path
>    used by opensource.org.
> - The submodule list in this file is stale and is very prone to
>    being forgotten. The list of submodules in the submodules setion
>    is replaced with a link to .gitmodules which has an active list
>    of submodules at any given time.
> 
> Cc: Andrew Fish <afish@apple.com>
> Cc: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
> Cc: Leif Lindholm <quic_llindhol@quicinc.com>
> Cc: Michael D Kinney <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>
> Cc: Pedro Falcato <pedro.falcato@gmail.com>
> Cc: Sean Brogan <sean.brogan@microsoft.com>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Kubacki <michael.kubacki@microsoft.com>
> Reviewed-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
> Acked-by: Pedro Falcato <pedro.falcato@gmail.com>
> ---
> 
> Notes:
>      v2 changes:
>      
>      - Add R-b and A-b tags
>      - Update exisitng license URLs from http to https
>      - Rework submodule section to remove unnecessary text and
>        move the ArmSoftFloatLib note to the bottom of the section.
> 
>   ReadMe.rst | 31 ++++++++------------
>   1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/ReadMe.rst b/ReadMe.rst
> index ed1d4822459b..06fb122ef382 100644
> --- a/ReadMe.rst
> +++ b/ReadMe.rst
> @@ -134,11 +134,12 @@ To make a contribution to a TianoCore project, follow these steps.
>       copyright license as the base project. 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
> --  MIT: http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
> --  Python-2.0: http://opensource.org/licenses/Python-2.0
> --  Zlib: http://opensource.org/licenses/Zlib
> +-  Apache License, Version 2.0: https://opensource.org/license/apache-2-0/
> +-  BSD (2-clause): https://opensource.org/license/BSD-2-Clause
> +-  BSD (3-clause): https://opensource.org/license/BSD-3-Clause
> +-  MIT: https://opensource.org/license/MIT
> +-  Python-2.0: https://opensource.org/license/Python-2.0
> +-  Zlib: https://opensource.org/license/Zlib
>   
>   For documentation:
>   
> @@ -243,19 +244,7 @@ Definitions for sample patch email
>   Submodules
>   ----------
>   
> -Submodule in EDK II is allowed but submodule chain should be avoided
> -as possible as we can. Currently EDK II contains the following submodules
> -
> --  CryptoPkg/Library/OpensslLib/openssl
> --  ArmPkg/Library/ArmSoftFloatLib/berkeley-softfloat-3
> --  MdeModulePkg/Universal/RegularExpressionDxe/oniguruma
> --  MdeModulePkg/Library/BrotliCustomDecompressLib/brotli
> --  BaseTools/Source/C/BrotliCompress/brotli
> -
> -ArmSoftFloatLib is actually required by OpensslLib. It's inevitable
> -in openssl-1.1.1 (since stable201905) for floating point parameter
> -conversion, but should be dropped once there's no such need in future
> -release of openssl.
> +The current submodules used in EDK II are in `.gitmodules <.gitmodules>`__.
>   
>   To get a full, buildable EDK II repository, use following steps of git
>   command
> @@ -283,6 +272,12 @@ dependency on being able to reach servers we do not actually want
>   any code from, as well as needlessly downloading code we will not
>   use.
>   
> +**Submodule Notes**
> +
> +ArmSoftFloatLib is required by OpensslLib. It's inevitable in openssl-1.1.1
> +(since stable201905) for floating point parameter conversion, but should be
> +dropped once there's no such need in future release of openssl.
> +
>   .. ===================================================================
>   .. This is a bunch of directives to make the README file more readable
>   .. ===================================================================


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