Re: [PATCH] acpi: Re-license ACPI builder files from GPLv2 to LGPLv2.1

[Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>]

Simon, Keir,


In case you didn't realize --- this needs your ACK.

Jan, now that I checked the logs more carefully, you are the only one
from Suse/Novell who touched these files so your ACK is needed as well.

Thanks.
-boris


On 07/18/2016 10:01 AM, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
> ACPI builder is currently distributed under GPLv2 license.
>
> We plan to make the builder available to components other
> than the hvmloader (which is also GPLv2). Some of these
> components (such as libxl) may be distributed under LGPL-2.1
> so that they can be used by non-GPLv2 callers.  But this
> will not be possible if we incorporate the ACPI builder in
> those other components.
>
> To avoid this problem we are relicensing sources in ACPI
> bulder directory to the Lesser GNU Public License (LGPL)
> version 2.1
>
> Signed-off-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
> CC: Kouya Shimura <kouya@jp.fujitsu.com>
> CC: Daniel Kiper <dkiper@net-space.pl>
> CC: Stefan Berger <stefanb@us.ibm.com>
> CC: Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>
> CC: Keir Fraser <keir@xen.org>
> CC: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com>
> CC: Lars Kurth <lars.kurth@citrix.com>
> ---
>
> More details can be found in
>   https://lists.xenproject.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2016-07/msg01367.html
>
>
>  tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/Makefile        |   18 ++++++++----------
>  tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/acpi2_0.h       |   19 ++++++++-----------
>  tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/build.c         |   18 ++++++++----------
>  tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/dsdt.asl        |   18 ++++++++----------
>  tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/mk_dsdt.c       |   12 ++++++++++++
>  tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/ssdt_pm.asl     |   11 ++++-------
>  tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/ssdt_s3.asl     |   11 ++++-------
>  tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/ssdt_s4.asl     |   11 ++++-------
>  tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/ssdt_tpm.asl    |   18 ++++++++----------
>  tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/static_tables.c |   18 ++++++++----------
>  10 files changed, 72 insertions(+), 82 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/Makefile b/tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/Makefile
> index d3e882a..703d67b 100644
> --- a/tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/Makefile
> +++ b/tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/Makefile
> @@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
>  #
>  # Copyright (c) 2004, Intel Corporation.
>  #
> -# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
> -# under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
> -# version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
> +# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> +# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
> +# by the Free Software Foundation; version 2.1 only. with the special
> +# exception on linking described in file LICENSE.
>  #
> -# This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT
> -# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
> -# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
> -# more details.
> -#
> -# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
> -# this program; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
> +# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> +# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> +# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
> +# NU Lesser General Public License for more details.
>  #
>  
>  XEN_ROOT = $(CURDIR)/../../../..
> diff --git a/tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/acpi2_0.h b/tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/acpi2_0.h
> index 78eb43d..6fa3452 100644
> --- a/tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/acpi2_0.h
> +++ b/tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/acpi2_0.h
> @@ -1,18 +1,15 @@
>  /*
>   * Copyright (c) 2004, Intel Corporation.
>   *
> - * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
> - * under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
> - * version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
> - *
> - * This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT
> - * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
> - * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
> - * more details.
> - *
> - * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
> - * this program; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> + * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
> + * by the Free Software Foundation; version 2.1 only. with the special
> + * exception on linking described in file LICENSE.
>   *
> + * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
> + * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
>   */
>  #ifndef _ACPI_2_0_H_
>  #define _ACPI_2_0_H_
> diff --git a/tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/build.c b/tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/build.c
> index 1f7103e..8be9b90 100644
> --- a/tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/build.c
> +++ b/tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/build.c
> @@ -2,17 +2,15 @@
>   * Copyright (c) 2004, Intel Corporation.
>   * Copyright (c) 2006, Keir Fraser, XenSource Inc.
>   *
> - * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
> - * under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License, version 
> - * 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> + * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
> + * by the Free Software Foundation; version 2.1 only. with the special
> + * exception on linking described in file LICENSE.
>   *
> - * This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY 
> - * WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS 
> - * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more 
> - * details.
> - *
> - * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
> - * this program; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
> + * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
> + * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
>   */
>  
>  #include "acpi2_0.h"
> diff --git a/tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/dsdt.asl b/tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/dsdt.asl
> index bd65823..895a8e5 100644
> --- a/tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/dsdt.asl
> +++ b/tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/dsdt.asl
> @@ -3,17 +3,15 @@
>   *
>   * Copyright (c) 2004, Intel Corporation.
>   *
> - * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
> - * under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
> - * version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> + * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
> + * by the Free Software Foundation; version 2.1 only. with the special
> + * exception on linking described in file LICENSE.
>   *
> - * This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT
> - * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
> - * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
> - * more details.
> - *
> - * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
> - * this program; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
> + * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
> + * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
>   */
>  
>  DefinitionBlock ("DSDT.aml", "DSDT", 2, "Xen", "HVM", 0)
> diff --git a/tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/mk_dsdt.c b/tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/mk_dsdt.c
> index b2ade89..bc414bf 100644
> --- a/tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/mk_dsdt.c
> +++ b/tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/mk_dsdt.c
> @@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
> +/*
> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> + * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
> + * by the Free Software Foundation; version 2.1 only. with the special
> + * exception on linking described in file LICENSE.
> + *
> + * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
> + * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
> + */
> +
>  #include <stdio.h>
>  #include <stdarg.h>
>  #include <stdint.h>
> diff --git a/tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/ssdt_pm.asl b/tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/ssdt_pm.asl
> index 1a7d752..d81b1f2 100644
> --- a/tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/ssdt_pm.asl
> +++ b/tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/ssdt_pm.asl
> @@ -5,17 +5,14 @@
>   * Copyright (c) 2008  Citrix Systems, Inc.
>   *
>   * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> - * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
> - * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
> - * (at your option) any later version.
> + * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
> + * by the Free Software Foundation; version 2.1 only. with the special
> + * exception on linking described in file LICENSE.
>   *
>   * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
>   * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
>   * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
> - * GNU General Public License for more details.
> - *
> - * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
> - * along with this program; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
> + * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
>   */
>  
>  /*
> diff --git a/tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/ssdt_s3.asl b/tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/ssdt_s3.asl
> index f89ac02..c83bbbf 100644
> --- a/tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/ssdt_s3.asl
> +++ b/tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/ssdt_s3.asl
> @@ -4,17 +4,14 @@
>   * Copyright (c) 2011  Citrix Systems, Inc.
>   *
>   * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> - * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
> - * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
> - * (at your option) any later version.
> + * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
> + * by the Free Software Foundation; version 2.1 only. with the special
> + * exception on linking described in file LICENSE.
>   *
>   * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
>   * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
>   * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
> - * GNU General Public License for more details.
> - *
> - * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
> - * along with this program; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
> + * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
>   */
>  
>  DefinitionBlock ("SSDT_S3.aml", "SSDT", 2, "Xen", "HVM", 0)
> diff --git a/tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/ssdt_s4.asl b/tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/ssdt_s4.asl
> index d589e4b..325ac11 100644
> --- a/tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/ssdt_s4.asl
> +++ b/tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/ssdt_s4.asl
> @@ -4,17 +4,14 @@
>   * Copyright (c) 2011  Citrix Systems, Inc.
>   *
>   * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> - * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
> - * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
> - * (at your option) any later version.
> + * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
> + * by the Free Software Foundation; version 2.1 only. with the special
> + * exception on linking described in file LICENSE.
>   *
>   * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
>   * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
>   * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
> - * GNU General Public License for more details.
> - *
> - * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
> - * along with this program; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
> + * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
>   */
>  
>  DefinitionBlock ("SSDT_S4.aml", "SSDT", 2, "Xen", "HVM", 0)
> diff --git a/tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/ssdt_tpm.asl b/tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/ssdt_tpm.asl
> index 2ae8ad4..a0fb1fd 100644
> --- a/tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/ssdt_tpm.asl
> +++ b/tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/ssdt_tpm.asl
> @@ -3,17 +3,15 @@
>   *
>   * Copyright (c) 2006, IBM Corporation.
>   *
> - * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
> - * under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
> - * version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> + * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
> + * by the Free Software Foundation; version 2.1 only. with the special
> + * exception on linking described in file LICENSE.
>   *
> - * This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT
> - * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
> - * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
> - * more details.
> - *
> - * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
> - * this program; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
> + * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
> + * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
>   */
>  
>  /* SSDT for TPM TIS Interface for Xen with Qemu device model. */
> diff --git a/tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/static_tables.c b/tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/static_tables.c
> index f4d627b..617bf68 100644
> --- a/tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/static_tables.c
> +++ b/tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/static_tables.c
> @@ -2,17 +2,15 @@
>   * Copyright (c) 2004, Intel Corporation.
>   * Copyright (c) 2006, Keir Fraser, XenSource Inc.
>   *
> - * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
> - * under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
> - * version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> + * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
> + * by the Free Software Foundation; version 2.1 only. with the special
> + * exception on linking described in file LICENSE.
>   *
> - * This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT
> - * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
> - * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
> - * more details.
> - *
> - * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
> - * this program; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
> + * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
> + * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
>   */
>  
>  #include "acpi2_0.h"


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