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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/4] arm: dts: imx: Add iMX6Q-based Kontron SMARC-sAMX6i module
    On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 5:10 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux
    <linux@armlinux.org.uk> wrote:
    > On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 05:06:02PM -0600, Rob Herring wrote:
    >> On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 2:28 PM, Priit Laes <plaes@plaes.org> wrote:
    >> > SMARC-sAMX6i is a SMARC (Smart Mobility Architecture) compliant
    >> > module.
    >> >
    >> > Signed-off-by: Priit Laes <plaes@plaes.org>
    >> > ---
    >> > arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6q-smarc-sam6xi.dtsi | 434 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
    >> > 1 file changed, 434 insertions(+)
    >> > create mode 100644 arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6q-smarc-sam6xi.dtsi
    >> >
    >> > diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6q-smarc-sam6xi.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6q-smarc-sam6xi.dtsi
    >> > new file mode 100644
    >> > index 0000000..e3d7a35
    >> > --- /dev/null
    >> > +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6q-smarc-sam6xi.dtsi
    >> > @@ -0,0 +1,434 @@
    >> > +/*
    >> > + * Copyright 2017 Priit Laes <plaes@plaes.org>
    >> > + *
    >> > + * Based on initial work by Nikita Yushchenko <nyushchenko at dev.rtsoft.ru>
    >> > + *
    >> > + * This file is dual-licensed: you can use it either under the terms
    >> > + * of the GPL or the X11 license, at your option. Note that this dual
    >> > + * licensing only applies to this file, and not this project as a
    >> > + * whole.
    >> > + *
    >> > + * a) This file 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.
    >> > + *
    >> > + * This file 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.
    >> > + *
    >> > + * Or, alternatively,
    >> > + *
    >> > + * b) 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,
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    >> > + * 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,
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    >>
    >> Use SPDX tags here:
    >>
    >> SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0+ OR MIT)
    >>
    >> While it says X11, this is really MIT license text.
    >
    > No. Read the FSF's page on licenses:
    >
    > X11 License (#X11License)
    > ...
    > This license is sometimes called the MIT license, but that term is
    > misleading, since MIT has used many licenses for software.
    >
    > Never use the term "MIT license", it's ambiguous, and I doubt that such
    > a term (given the above) would stand up in a court of law as identifying
    > any particular license.

    The SPDX tags have a very exact, documented meaning. That's the point.
    X11 means this[1]. MIT means this[2].

    Rob

    [1] https://spdx.org/licenses/X11.html#licenseText
    [2] https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html#licenseText

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