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



On 08/01/2016 09:56 AM, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
> Simon, Keir,


Simon, ping?


>
>
> 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@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> CC: Kouya Shimura <kouya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> CC: Daniel Kiper <dkiper@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> CC: Stefan Berger <stefanb@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> CC: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> CC: Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxx>
>> CC: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> CC: Lars Kurth <lars.kurth@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>
>> 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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