[edk2-devel] [PATCH 0/2] Drop suggestions of alternative acceptable licenses

[Laszlo Ersek]

On 07/02/20 13:24, Leif Lindholm wrote:
> (Echoing https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2834:)
> In the past, the TianoCore Contribution Agreement provided equal to what
> the (+patent) gives us, but also for all the alternative licenses listed
> under "Code Contributions". When the contribution agreement was dropped,
> no conversation was had about this aspect.

Some crucial words seem to be missing from the above paragraph:

- "the TianoCore Contribution Agreement provided [???] equal to" -- do
you mean "rights"?

- "what the [???] (+patent) gives us" -- do you mean "2-clause BSDL"?

Thanks
Laszlo

> 
> Until this issue is resolved, only code licensed under edk2+patent should
> be accepted into the project.
> 
> It is not obvious whether modifications to non-bsd+patent code that *was*
> contributed under the TCA can still be accepted.
> 
> This set deletes the current version of license checking in PatchCheck.py
> that was added in a4cfb842fca9. It also deletes all references to other
> acceptable licenses (and public domain).
> 
> This gives us a clean slate to make informed decisions on what is and is
> not acceptable for this project.
> 
> The statement that "Contributions using other licenses might be accepted,
> but further review will be required." is intentionally retained.
> 
> Leif Lindholm (2):
>   Revert "BaseTools/PatchCheck.py: Add LicenseCheck"
>   ReadMe.rst: delete statements about other accepted licenses
> 
> Cc: Shenglei Zhang <shenglei.zhang at intel.com>
> Cc: Yuwei Chen <yuwei.chen at intel.com>
> Cc: Liming Gao <liming.gao at intel.com>
> 
>  BaseTools/Scripts/PatchCheck.py | 50 ---------------------------------
>  ReadMe.rst                      | 13 ++-------
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 61 deletions(-)
> 


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