[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1] doc: add SPDX Licence to doc files

Kovacevic, Marko marko.kovacevic at intel.com
Wed May 30 17:18:22 CEST 2018


> > [Hemant] I got following recommendation from the Linux Foundation legal:
> > "For files that are e.g. release scripts and documentation, these are
> > typically understood to consist of contributions that are copyrighted
> > by their contributors. So even if there isn't a notice in the file, it
> > would still generally be understood to be subject to its contributors'
> > copyrights and to be licensed out under an open source license.
> >
> > As you suggested, adding copyright and license notices can help
> > clarify these specifics for downstream uses. We have recommended as
> > best practices that projects add something like "Copyright The
> > _________ Project" or "Copyright The __________ contributors". I think
> > your suggestion of "Copyright The DPDK Community" is fine. And yes,
> > I'd recommend including the appropriate license notice and/or SPDX
> > identifier in these files as well.
> > Just to be clear, also, we _don't_ recommend removing pre-existing
> > copyright notices unless you are the copyright holder in question.
> > It's generally understood that it's fine to add general copyright
> > notices where accurate, but only the copyright holder should remove or
> > modify their own notices. "
> >
> > [Hemant] So, "The DPDK Project" or "The DPDK contributors" or "The
> > DPDK community" - anything is fine, we have to use just one of these
> > consistently.


After some discussion intel would prefer to keep the license as is on the release notes. 
Other contributors/companies can add respective SPDX license for their contributions

Marko K.





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