[PATCH v2 01/10] drm: uapi: Use SPDX in DRM core uAPI headers

Wed Dec 16 15:03:25 UTC 2020

Hi Daniel,

On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 03:34:35PM +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 04:43:50AM +0200, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > The DRM core uAPI headers are licensed under the MIT license, and carry
> > copies of the license with slight variations. Replace them with SPDX
> > headers.
> > 
> > Following a discussion with Daniel Vetter on this topic, add a
> > clarification in the drm-uapi.rst file that independent closed-source
> > userspace implementations of software using the DRM uAPI are accepted,
> > as allowed by the MIT license.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart+renesas at ideasonboard.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh at linuxfoundation.org>
> > Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx at linutronix.de>
> > Reviewed-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter at ffwll.ch>
> 
> Maybe get and ack from Alex and Dave on this too, just to make sure
> everyone's happy.

CC'ing Dave. Which Alex are you talking about ?

> > ---
> >  Documentation/gpu/drm-uapi.rst |  4 ++++
> >  include/uapi/drm/drm.h         | 20 +-------------------
> >  include/uapi/drm/drm_fourcc.h  | 20 +-------------------
> >  include/uapi/drm/drm_mode.h    | 19 +------------------
> >  include/uapi/drm/drm_sarea.h   | 20 +-------------------
> >  5 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 75 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/drm-uapi.rst b/Documentation/gpu/drm-uapi.rst
> > index 7dce175f6d75..96ea55200f04 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/gpu/drm-uapi.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/gpu/drm-uapi.rst
> > @@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ is already rather painful for the DRM subsystem, with multiple different uAPIs
> >  for the same thing co-existing. If we add a few more complete mistakes into the
> >  mix every year it would be entirely unmanageable.
> >  
> > +The DRM subsystem has however no concern with independent closed-source
> > +userspace implementations. To officialize that position, the DRM uAPI headers
> > +are covered by the MIT license.
> > +
> >  .. _drm_render_node:
> >  
> >  Render nodes
> > diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/drm.h b/include/uapi/drm/drm.h
> > index 808b48a93330..14d57361e580 100644
> > --- a/include/uapi/drm/drm.h
> > +++ b/include/uapi/drm/drm.h
> > @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
> > +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT */
> >  /**
> >   * \file drm.h
> >   * Header for the Direct Rendering Manager
> > @@ -12,25 +13,6 @@
> >   * Copyright 1999 Precision Insight, Inc., Cedar Park, Texas.
> >   * Copyright 2000 VA Linux Systems, Inc., Sunnyvale, California.
> >   * All rights reserved.
> > - *
> > - * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
> > - * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
> > - * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
> > - * the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
> > - * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
> > - * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
> > - *
> > - * The above copyright notice and this permission notice (including the next
> > - * paragraph) shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the
> > - * Software.
> > - *
> > - * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
> > - * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
> > - * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL
> > - * VA LINUX SYSTEMS AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR
> > - * OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE,
> > - * ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
> > - * OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
> >   */
> >  
> >  #ifndef _DRM_H_
> > diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/drm_fourcc.h b/include/uapi/drm/drm_fourcc.h
> > index 723c8e23ca87..51e2c8a825a3 100644
> > --- a/include/uapi/drm/drm_fourcc.h
> > +++ b/include/uapi/drm/drm_fourcc.h
> > @@ -1,24 +1,6 @@
> > +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT */
> >  /*
> >   * Copyright 2011 Intel Corporation
> > - *
> > - * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
> > - * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
> > - * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
> > - * the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
> > - * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
> > - * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
> > - *
> > - * The above copyright notice and this permission notice (including the next
> > - * paragraph) shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the
> > - * Software.
> > - *
> > - * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
> > - * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
> > - * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL
> > - * VA LINUX SYSTEMS AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR
> > - * OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE,
> > - * ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
> > - * OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
> >   */
> >  
> >  #ifndef DRM_FOURCC_H
> > diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/drm_mode.h b/include/uapi/drm/drm_mode.h
> > index b49fbf2bdc40..21dfec63b338 100644
> > --- a/include/uapi/drm/drm_mode.h
> > +++ b/include/uapi/drm/drm_mode.h
> > @@ -1,27 +1,10 @@
> > +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT */
> >  /*
> >   * Copyright (c) 2007 Dave Airlie <airlied at linux.ie>
> >   * Copyright (c) 2007 Jakob Bornecrantz <wallbraker at gmail.com>
> >   * Copyright (c) 2008 Red Hat Inc.
> >   * Copyright (c) 2007-2008 Tungsten Graphics, Inc., Cedar Park, TX., USA
> >   * Copyright (c) 2007-2008 Intel Corporation
> > - *
> > - * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
> > - * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
> > - * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
> > - * the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
> > - * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
> > - * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
> > - *
> > - * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
> > - * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
> > - *
> > - * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
> > - * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
> > - * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
> > - * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
> > - * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
> > - * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
> > - * IN THE SOFTWARE.
> >   */
> >  
> >  #ifndef _DRM_MODE_H
> > diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/drm_sarea.h b/include/uapi/drm/drm_sarea.h
> > index a951ced60ebe..1e38d028332d 100644
> > --- a/include/uapi/drm/drm_sarea.h
> > +++ b/include/uapi/drm/drm_sarea.h
> > @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
> > +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT */
> >  /**
> >   * \file drm_sarea.h
> >   * \brief SAREA definitions
> > @@ -8,25 +9,6 @@
> >  /*
> >   * Copyright 2002 Tungsten Graphics, Inc., Cedar Park, Texas.
> >   * All Rights Reserved.
> > - *
> > - * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
> > - * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
> > - * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
> > - * the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
> > - * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
> > - * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
> > - *
> > - * The above copyright notice and this permission notice (including the next
> > - * paragraph) shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the
> > - * Software.
> > - *
> > - * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
> > - * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
> > - * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL
> > - * TUNGSTEN GRAPHICS AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR
> > - * OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE,
> > - * ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
> > - * OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
> >   */
> >  
> >  #ifndef _DRM_SAREA_H_

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart