Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] common: dummy_malloc: remove unintended GPL2 eCos-exception-2.0

[Roland Hieber <rhi@pengutronix.de>]

On Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 06:55:51PM +0100, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> Apparently, the file should be GPL-2.0-only without exceptions:
> 
> On 24.11.20 09:44, Sascha Hauer wrote[1]:
> > This looks like I accidently copied the wrong header. I don't think I
> > did this on purpose. It doesn't make much sense to me when compiling
> > against dummy malloc is different than compiling against tlsf malloc
> > or dlmalloc.
> 
> Ase dropping exceptions is no relicense, it's ok to do here without
> acknowledgement from all authors. Do so.

I don't understand this reasoning. The exception allowed someone to link
this file with non-GPL code, and by dropping this exception, this
possibility is no longer allowed, so there is a change in license terms.

The only two other authors of this file are Andrey and Jean-Christophe,
hereby CCed.

 - Roland
 
> [1]: <20201124084434.GC14718@pengutronix.de>
> 
> Suggested-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
> Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
> ---
> v1 -> v2: new patch
> ---
>  common/dummy_malloc.c | 21 +--------------------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 20 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/common/dummy_malloc.c b/common/dummy_malloc.c
> index 0120d9be2e85..d99b5059cf91 100644
> --- a/common/dummy_malloc.c
> +++ b/common/dummy_malloc.c
> @@ -1,25 +1,6 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
>  /*
>   * Copyright (C) 2013 Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
> - *
> - * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> - * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
> - * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
> - *
> - * 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.
> - *
> - *
> - * As a special exception, if other files instantiate templates or use macros
> - * or inline functions from this file, or you compile this file and link it
> - * with other works to produce a work based on this file, this file does not
> - * by itself cause the resulting work to be covered by the GNU General Public
> - * License. However the source code for this file must still be made available
> - * in accordance with section (3) of the GNU General Public License.
> -
> - * This exception does not invalidate any other reasons why a work based on
> - * this file might be covered by the GNU General Public License.
>   */
>  #include <common.h>
>  #include <malloc.h>
> -- 
> 2.29.2
> 
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