[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/3] boot/at91bootstrap3: add license information

Angelo Compagnucci angelo.compagnucci at gmail.com
Mon Jun 1 16:03:49 UTC 2015


Dear Thomas Petazzoni,

2015-05-31 10:43 GMT+02:00 Thomas Petazzoni
<thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com>:
> Dear Angelo Compagnucci,
>
> On Fri, 29 May 2015 11:38:44 +0200, Angelo Compagnucci wrote:
>> This patch adds licensing informations to at91bootstrap3
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Angelo Compagnucci <angelo.compagnucci at gmail.com>
>> ---
>>  boot/at91bootstrap3/at91bootstrap3.mk | 2 ++
>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/boot/at91bootstrap3/at91bootstrap3.mk b/boot/at91bootstrap3/at91bootstrap3.mk
>> index ff49e14..2164a74 100644
>> --- a/boot/at91bootstrap3/at91bootstrap3.mk
>> +++ b/boot/at91bootstrap3/at91bootstrap3.mk
>> @@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
>>
>>  AT91BOOTSTRAP3_VERSION = v3.7.1
>>  AT91BOOTSTRAP3_SITE = $(call github,linux4sam,at91bootstrap,$(AT91BOOTSTRAP3_VERSION))
>> +AT91BOOTSTRAP3_LICENSE = BSD-2c
>> +AT91BOOTSTRAP3_LICENSE_FILES = main.c
>
> I *think* it is actually closer to a BSD-3c, since it has the following
> text:
>
>  * Atmel's name may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from
>  * this software without specific prior written permission.
>
> However, the wording is not 100% the one of the BSD-3c, so I'm not sure
> if we should call it BSD-3c or not.

Probably you are right, the wording is more similar to a BSD-3c
instead of a BSD-2c, but it's different. Can we use something like
BSD-custom or BSD-modified?

Sincerely, Angelo

>
> Thomas
> --
> Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons
> Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
> http://free-electrons.com



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