Hello all,
this is to raise your attention to some small but important change in the way we're dealing with software licenses in U-Boot.
Don't be afraid - the licensing itself does not change at all, we just change the way how we express the license terms in the source code.
Please see commit
eca3aeb 2013-07-24 09:44:16 -0400 Licenses: introduce SPDX Unique Lincense Identifiers
What does that mean:
- New files being added to U-Boot should no longer include a multi-line license header; instead, they shall contain a single line Unique Lincense Identifier, i. e. a line like this:
SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
For details, please see http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/Licensing
- Any help in cleaning up the remaining files (replacing existing license headers by Unique Lincense Identifiers) is welcome - but note that this is a task that needs to be done carefully - fully automatic editing is not really an option, as for example some files were found that included not one, but two (and incompatible!) license headers, so it really needs careful consideration how to resolve such issues.
To all custodians: please have a special look at any new code being added, and help guiding users to this new policy of using Unique Lincense Identifiers.
Thanks for all your help!
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk