Hi,
I wonder if the exception, "WITH Linux-syscall-note", can be added to the ion header license, to allow user source code with different license to include it without being derivative of GPL.
More specifically, we want to use this ion header in a BSD license module [1], without enforcing the GPL license on its users or on the module itself when it has a copy of the header in its source code.
Any guide on what can be done would be appreciated.
Thanks, -hyun
[1] https://github.com/OpenAMP/libmetal/blob/master/LICENSE.md
Hyun Kwon (1): staging: android: ion: Add the GPL exception for syscalls
drivers/staging/android/uapi/ion.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
Add "WITH Linux-syscall-note" to the license to not put GPL restrictions on user space programs using this header.
Signed-off-by: Hyun Kwon hyun.kwon@xilinx.com --- drivers/staging/android/uapi/ion.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/uapi/ion.h b/drivers/staging/android/uapi/ion.h index 5d70098..46c93fc 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/android/uapi/ion.h +++ b/drivers/staging/android/uapi/ion.h @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */ +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note */ /* * drivers/staging/android/uapi/ion.h *
On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 04:01:46PM -0800, Hyun Kwon wrote:
Add "WITH Linux-syscall-note" to the license to not put GPL restrictions on user space programs using this header.
Signed-off-by: Hyun Kwon hyun.kwon@xilinx.com
drivers/staging/android/uapi/ion.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/uapi/ion.h b/drivers/staging/android/uapi/ion.h index 5d70098..46c93fc 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/android/uapi/ion.h +++ b/drivers/staging/android/uapi/ion.h @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */ +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note */ /*
- drivers/staging/android/uapi/ion.h
-- 2.7.4
Yes, that is the correct thing to do, let me go queue this up.
thanks,
greg k-h
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