[spp] [PATCH 2/7] spp_primary: convert license to SPDX tag

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 5/18/2018 9:03 AM, Yasufumi Ogawa wrote:
> On 2018/05/17 23:25, Trishan de Lanerolle wrote:
>> Can you provide additional details on what you need clarification on?
> Sorry for ambiguously. I meant that I need to talk with my boss about your suggestion.
> 
> I was not sure that I should add our license if I make considerable changes, or not. But I understand that I don't need to add 
> without if I will to do. As your suggestion, we decided to not replace existing license.
> 
> Ferruh,
> I would like to send modified patches to not include NTT beside Intel.

Hi Yasufumi,

I have seen the new version, thank you for the update, I will get them today.

And I would like to acknowledge that some of the files that NTT did lots of
contribution. I guess concern here is introduce the copyright as part of SPDX
work. I am OK to introduce copyright to them later as the significant
contribution done on them.

Thanks,
ferruh

> 
> Thanks,
> Yasufumi
>>
>> Regards,
>> Trishan
>>
>>
>> On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 3:09 AM, Yasufumi Ogawa <ogawa.yasufumi at lab.ntt.co.jp <mailto:ogawa.yasufumi at lab.ntt.co.jp>> wrote:
>>
>>     On 2018/05/16 23:06, Trishan de Lanerolle wrote:
>>
>>         Hi,
>>         Thanks for bringing up the question. Generally, we recommend that SPDX license identifiers -- for existing files be
>>         thought as supplemental information to add. Don't replace the existing license information, add the tags on.  Suggest
>>         reviewing the patch against that criteria. Remember to maintain the attribution information. You may want to speak to
>>         your in-house counsel with respect to any changes you would like to make to files over which you hold copyright.
>>
>>         Regards,
>>         Trishan
>>
>>     Hi Trishan,
>>
>>     Thank you for your reply. I understand that I should not replace existing license info. I would like to have a talk to and
>>     confirm that it is acceptable.
>>
>>     Regards,
>>     Yasufumi
>>
>>
>>
>>         On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 5:08 AM, Yasufumi Ogawa <ogawa.yasufumi at lab.ntt.co.jp <mailto:ogawa.yasufumi at lab.ntt.co.jp>
>>         <mailto:ogawa.yasufumi at lab.ntt.co.jp <mailto:ogawa.yasufumi at lab.ntt.co.jp>>> wrote:
>>
>>              On 2018/05/16 1:55, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
>>
>>                  On 5/3/2018 5:08 PM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
>>
>>                      On 4/23/2018 7:28 AM, ogawa.yasufumi at lab.ntt.co.jp <mailto:ogawa.yasufumi at lab.ntt.co.jp>
>>         <mailto:ogawa.yasufumi at lab.ntt.co.jp <mailto:ogawa.yasufumi at lab.ntt.co.jp>> wrote:
>>
>>                          @@ -1,34 +1,6 @@
>>                          -/*-
>>                          - *   BSD LICENSE
>>                          - *
>>                          - *   Copyright(c) 2015-2016 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
>>                          - *   All rights reserved.
>>                          - *
>>                          - *   Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
>>                          - *   modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
>>                          - *   are met:
>>                          - *
>>                          - *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
>>                          - *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
>>                          - *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
>>                          - *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
>>                          - *       the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
>>                          - *       distribution.
>>                          - *     * Neither the name of Intel Corporation nor the names of its
>>                          - *       contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
>>                          - *       from this software without specific prior written permission.
>>                          - *
>>                          - *   THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
>>                          - *   "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
>>                          - *   LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
>>                          - *   A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
>>                          - *   OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
>>                          - *   SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
>>                          - *   LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
>>                          - *   DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
>>                          - *   THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
>>                          - *   (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
>>                          - *   OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
>>                          +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
>>                          + * Copyright(c) 2015-2016 Intel Corporation
>>                          + * Copyright(c) 2017-2018 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
>>                              */
>>
>>
>>                      Hi Ogawa-san,
>>
>>                      Thanks for taking initiative to switch spp to SPDX, appreciated.
>>
>>                      First Trishan from Linux foundation and Jim from DPDK governance board are cc'ed
>>                      for input if there is any concern or more process to follow from governance
>>                      point of view.
>>
>>
>>                  The is no response, which I am taking as there is no concern and will move
>>                  forward on getting patches. Please shout if there are concerns.
>>
>>              Hi Trishan, Jim,
>>
>>              SPP was provided originally from Intel, but currently is maintained by NTT and planed to change license to SPDX. We
>>         have
>>              made many changes on SPP and I would like to add NTT to the license only for considerably modified or newly created
>>         files by
>>              NTT. Could you give us advice if there are any concern?
>>
>>              Thanks,
>>              Yasufumi
>>
>>
>>
>>                      Second these patches are both converts licensing to SPDX tag and adds ntt as
>>                      copyright holder. Can we separate these two please? A patchset to convert
>>                      existing licensing to SPDX as it is, and another set to add ntt.
>>
>>
>>                      Thanks,
>>                      ferruh
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>              --     Yasufumi Ogawa
>>              NTT Network Service Systems Labs
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>         -- 
>>         Trishan R. de Lanerolle
>>         Program Manager,  Networking
>>         Linux Foundation
>>         voice: +1.203.699.6401
>>         skype: tdelanerolle
>>         email: tdelanerolle at linuxfoundation.org <mailto:tdelanerolle at linuxfoundation.org>
>>         <mailto:tdelanerolle at linuxfoundation.org <mailto:tdelanerolle at linuxfoundation.org>>
>>
>>
>>
>>     -- 
>>     Yasufumi Ogawa
>>     NTT Network Service Systems Labs
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Trishan R. de Lanerolle
>> Program Manager,  Networking
>> Linux Foundation
>> voice: +1.203.699.6401
>> skype: tdelanerolle
>> email: tdelanerolle at linuxfoundation.org <mailto:tdelanerolle at linuxfoundation.org>
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