[2/2] tegrarcm: License update for miniloader files

This changes the license under which the miniloader files are
distributed to the same license used for the binary portions of the
Tegra L4T distribution.  This should hopefully make the license more
palatable to distributions.

Also changed the description to say that the license applies to all
files in the miniloader directory instead of individually listing the
files.  This should hopefully prevent it from becoming stale.

Signed-off-by: Allen Martin <amartin@nvidia.com>
---
 LICENSE | 284 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 114 insertions(+), 170 deletions(-)

On 06/17/2013 09:25 PM, Allen Martin wrote:
> This changes the license under which the miniloader files are
> distributed to the same license used for the binary portions of the
> Tegra L4T distribution.  This should hopefully make the license more
> palatable to distributions.
> 
> Also changed the description to say that the license applies to all
> files in the miniloader directory instead of individually listing the
> files.  This should hopefully prevent it from becoming stale.

This still seems rather over-complex:-(

> +2.1.1  Rights.  Customer may install and use one copy of the SOFTWARE
> +on a single computer, and except for making one back-up copy of
> +the Software, may not otherwise copy the SOFTWARE.  This LICENSE
> +of SOFTWARE may not be shared or used concurrently on different
> +computers.
> +
> +2.1.2  Linux/FreeBSD Exception.  Notwithstanding the foregoing terms
> +of Section 2.1.1, SOFTWARE designed exclusively for use on the Linux or
> +FreeBSD operating systems, or other operating systems derived from the
> +source code to these operating systems, may be copied and redistributed,
> +provided that the binary files thereof are not modified in any way
> +(except for unzipping of compressed files).

Given that 2.1.2 appears to override 2.1.1 in the context of this SW,
why even include 2.1.1? I know we're re-using the L4T license here, but
I'd really prefer to just use something plain and simple that doesn't
include irrelevant lawyer-speak.

> +No Rental.  Customer may not rent or lease the SOFTWARE to someone
> +else.

Isn't that going to cause problems for distros? IANAL, but that doesn't
sound GPL compatible, since it's an additional restriction that I don't
think the GPL imposes.
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On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 09:08:54PM -0700, Stephen Warren wrote:
> On 06/17/2013 09:25 PM, Allen Martin wrote:
> > This changes the license under which the miniloader files are
> > distributed to the same license used for the binary portions of the
> > Tegra L4T distribution.  This should hopefully make the license more
> > palatable to distributions.
> > 
> > Also changed the description to say that the license applies to all
> > files in the miniloader directory instead of individually listing the
> > files.  This should hopefully prevent it from becoming stale.
> 
> This still seems rather over-complex:-(
> 
> > +2.1.1  Rights.  Customer may install and use one copy of the SOFTWARE
> > +on a single computer, and except for making one back-up copy of
> > +the Software, may not otherwise copy the SOFTWARE.  This LICENSE
> > +of SOFTWARE may not be shared or used concurrently on different
> > +computers.
> > +
> > +2.1.2  Linux/FreeBSD Exception.  Notwithstanding the foregoing terms
> > +of Section 2.1.1, SOFTWARE designed exclusively for use on the Linux or
> > +FreeBSD operating systems, or other operating systems derived from the
> > +source code to these operating systems, may be copied and redistributed,
> > +provided that the binary files thereof are not modified in any way
> > +(except for unzipping of compressed files).
> 
> Given that 2.1.2 appears to override 2.1.1 in the context of this SW,
> why even include 2.1.1? I know we're re-using the L4T license here, but
> I'd really prefer to just use something plain and simple that doesn't
> include irrelevant lawyer-speak.
> 
> > +No Rental.  Customer may not rent or lease the SOFTWARE to someone
> > +else.
> 
> Isn't that going to cause problems for distros? IANAL, but that doesn't
> sound GPL compatible, since it's an additional restriction that I don't
> think the GPL imposes.

This probably requires coordination with L4T since it's the same
license file, and we should keep them the same if at all possible.
I'm going to defer this license change to version 1.5 and push the
other patches out that you acked since ChromeOS is waiting on the SPI
fix.

-Allen

Hi Allen,

I just want to make my comments public, which I already explained to Eric 
Brower from NVIDIA. In general, the L4T license is a bit better than the 
original one, but doesn't really apply to the *miniloader.h files. The problem 
is that the *miniloader.h are not installed on any operting system 
(Linux/FreeBSD), but are instead loaded into the SoC. Even if we assume they 
are installed (or better a copy is placed) on some "Personal Computer", they 
cannot be executed there. Detailed comments below.

Am Montag, 17. Juni 2013, 20:25:37 schrieb Allen Martin:
> This changes the license under which the miniloader files are
> distributed to the same license used for the binary portions of the
> Tegra L4T distribution.  This should hopefully make the license more
> palatable to distributions.
> 
> Also changed the description to say that the license applies to all
> files in the miniloader directory instead of individually listing the
> files.  This should hopefully prevent it from becoming stale.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Allen Martin <amartin@nvidia.com>
> ---
>  LICENSE | 284
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------------------- 1 file
> changed, 114 insertions(+), 170 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
> index e126375..4bd5c60 100644
> --- a/LICENSE
> +++ b/LICENSE
> @@ -26,189 +26,133 @@
>  # OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
> 
> 
> -The files tegra20-miniloader.h and tegra30-miniloader.h are provided
> -pursuant to the following license agreement:
> +The files in the miniloader directory are provided pursuant to the
> +following license agreement:
> 
> -License For Use of NVIDIA Software
> +           License For Customer Use of NVIDIA Software
> 
> 
> -IMPORTANT NOTICE -- READ CAREFULLY: This License For Use of NVIDIA
> -Software ("LICENSE") is the agreement which governs use of the
> -software (in binary code form only) of NVIDIA Corporation and its
> -subsidiaries ("NVIDIA")
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> 
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> +hardware on a graphics controller board, and a personal computer. The

While tegra has some GPU, I don't think this is required. Also a "personal 
computer" also isn't required. I can upload the miniloaders from any embedded 
board.

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> +the Software, may not otherwise copy the SOFTWARE.  This LICENSE
> +of SOFTWARE may not be shared or used concurrently on different
> +computers.

As Stephen mentioned already, this is a bit strict.

> +2.1.2  Linux/FreeBSD Exception.  Notwithstanding the foregoing terms
> +of Section 2.1.1, SOFTWARE designed exclusively for use on the Linux or
> +FreeBSD operating systems, or other operating systems derived from the
> +source code to these operating systems, may be copied and redistributed,
> +provided that the binary files thereof are not modified in any way
> +(except for unzipping of compressed files).

As said above, the software cannot be used on these operating systems. Beside 
this, why limit it to Linux/FreeBSD? E.g. debian also supports GNU/Hurd or 
Solaris. What about Darwin (MacOS) or Windows? I know this comes from L4T 
where the drivers can only be executed on this OSes, but again, this doesn't 
apply to the *miniloader.h files. Also note that the rest of tegrarcm is 
licensed under MIT license and can be installed everywhere...


Marc

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