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authorJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>2023-03-06 12:04:57 -0800
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>2023-03-07 13:44:30 -0800
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ynl: re-license uniformly under GPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause
I was intending to make all the Netlink Spec code BSD-3-Clause to ease the adoption but it appears that: - I fumbled the uAPI and used "GPL WITH uAPI note" there - it gives people pause as they expect GPL in the kernel As suggested by Chuck re-license under dual. This gives us benefit of full BSD freedom while fulfilling the broad "kernel is under GPL" expectations. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230304120108.05dd44c5@kernel.org/ Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230306200457.3903854-1-kuba@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ YAML specifications can be found under ``Documentation/netlink/specs/``
This document describes details of the schema.
See :doc:`intro-specs` for a practical starting guide.
+All specs must be licensed under ``GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-3-Clause``
+to allow for easy adoption in user space code.
+
Compatibility levels
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