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From: xiaolei li <xiaolei.li@mediatek.com>
To: Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@gmail.com>
Cc: daniel.thompson@linaro.org, srv_heupstream@mediatek.com,
	Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>,
	yingjoe.chen@mediatek.com, boris.brezillon@bootlin.com,
	linux-mediatek@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, miquel.raynal@bootlin.com,
	jorge.ramirez-ortiz@linaro.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/1] mtd: rawnand: mtk: Re-license MTK NAND driver as Dual MIT/GPL
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 09:12:21 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1556154741.26455.23.camel@mhfsdcap03> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5c674c6c-7df7-d452-8971-53caeff82a3f@gmail.com>

Hi Matthias,

On Wed, 2019-04-24 at 15:15 +0200, Matthias Brugger wrote:
> 
> On 24/04/2019 10:25, xiaolei li wrote:
> > Hi Richard,
> > 
> > On Wed, 2019-04-24 at 09:29 +0200, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> >> Am Mittwoch, 24. April 2019, 08:45:22 CEST schrieb Xiaolei Li:
> >>> It is allowed to use MTK NAND driver with GPL-2.0 or MIT license.
> >>> But now it is only licensed as GPL-2.0.
> >>> So re-license it as dual MIT/GPL.
> >>
> >> I fear this needs ACKs from all authors and major contributors of the driver
> >> before we can apply such a change.
> > 
> > Yes. MTK wants to solicit ACKs for this change from copyrights holders
> > here.
> > I added another driver author Jorge, and let's wait for the response.
> > 
> 
> You are missing at least Ryder Lee, Rafał Miłecki and Wen Yang in the CC list.
Thanks for your reminding. I will add them in next patch version.

> I think it would be good to understand why you want to distribute the driver
> under MIT license.
MTK wants to modify and publish this driver with MIT license in
bootloader. So, here we ask for ACKs whether we can re-license it as
dual MIT/GPL.

Thanks,
Xiaolei
> 
> Regards,
> Matthias



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From: xiaolei li <xiaolei.li-NuS5LvNUpcJWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
To: Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: daniel.thompson-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org,
	srv_heupstream-NuS5LvNUpcJWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org,
	Richard Weinberger <richard-/L3Ra7n9ekc@public.gmane.org>,
	yingjoe.chen-NuS5LvNUpcJWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org,
	boris.brezillon-LDxbnhwyfcJBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org,
	linux-mediatek-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org,
	linux-mtd-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org,
	miquel.raynal-LDxbnhwyfcJBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org,
	jorge.ramirez-ortiz-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/1] mtd: rawnand: mtk: Re-license MTK NAND driver as Dual MIT/GPL
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 09:12:21 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1556154741.26455.23.camel@mhfsdcap03> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5c674c6c-7df7-d452-8971-53caeff82a3f-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>

Hi Matthias,

On Wed, 2019-04-24 at 15:15 +0200, Matthias Brugger wrote:
> 
> On 24/04/2019 10:25, xiaolei li wrote:
> > Hi Richard,
> > 
> > On Wed, 2019-04-24 at 09:29 +0200, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> >> Am Mittwoch, 24. April 2019, 08:45:22 CEST schrieb Xiaolei Li:
> >>> It is allowed to use MTK NAND driver with GPL-2.0 or MIT license.
> >>> But now it is only licensed as GPL-2.0.
> >>> So re-license it as dual MIT/GPL.
> >>
> >> I fear this needs ACKs from all authors and major contributors of the driver
> >> before we can apply such a change.
> > 
> > Yes. MTK wants to solicit ACKs for this change from copyrights holders
> > here.
> > I added another driver author Jorge, and let's wait for the response.
> > 
> 
> You are missing at least Ryder Lee, Rafał Miłecki and Wen Yang in the CC list.
Thanks for your reminding. I will add them in next patch version.

> I think it would be good to understand why you want to distribute the driver
> under MIT license.
MTK wants to modify and publish this driver with MIT license in
bootloader. So, here we ask for ACKs whether we can re-license it as
dual MIT/GPL.

Thanks,
Xiaolei
> 
> Regards,
> Matthias



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  reply	other threads:[~2019-04-25  1:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-04-24  6:45 [RFC PATCH 0/1] Re-license MTK NAND driver Xiaolei Li
2019-04-24  6:45 ` Xiaolei Li
2019-04-24  6:45 ` [RFC PATCH 1/1] mtd: rawnand: mtk: Re-license MTK NAND driver as Dual MIT/GPL Xiaolei Li
2019-04-24  6:45   ` Xiaolei Li
2019-04-24  7:29   ` Richard Weinberger
2019-04-24  7:29     ` Richard Weinberger
2019-04-24  8:25     ` xiaolei li
2019-04-24  8:25       ` xiaolei li
2019-04-24 13:15       ` Matthias Brugger
2019-04-24 13:15         ` Matthias Brugger
2019-04-25  1:12         ` xiaolei li [this message]
2019-04-25  1:12           ` xiaolei li
2019-04-24 16:15   ` Jorge Ramirez

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