Re: git: 11a9ff5bc150 - main - libefivar: Replace BSD License with BSD+Patent License
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2022 18:22:11 UTC
On Sun, Feb 27, 2022 at 10:55 AM José Luis Durán <jlduran@gmail.com> wrote: > On Feb 27, 2022, at 2:11 PM, Kyle Evans <kevans@freebsd.org> wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 27, 2022 at 10:48 AM Warner Losh <imp@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > The branch main has been updated by imp: > > URL: > https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=11a9ff5bc150bf555d4af58a658320fcf80abef9 > > commit 11a9ff5bc150bf555d4af58a658320fcf80abef9 > Author: Jose Luis Duran <jlduran@gmail.com> > AuthorDate: 2022-02-24 00:54:02 +0000 > Commit: Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> > CommitDate: 2022-02-27 16:13:43 +0000 > > libefivar: Replace BSD License with BSD+Patent License > > Replace BSD 2-Clause License with BSD+Patent License. This change is > based on the following emails: > > https://lists.01.org/pipermail/edk2-devel/2019-February/036260.html > https://lists.01.org/pipermail/edk2-devel/2018-October/030385.html > > RFCs with detailed process for the license change: > > V3: https://lists.01.org/pipermail/edk2-devel/2019-March/038116.html > V2: https://lists.01.org/pipermail/edk2-devel/2019-March/037669.html > V1: https://lists.01.org/pipermail/edk2-devel/2019-March/037500.html > > > They seem to have switched to hyperkitty and these links don't work... > not necessarily essential, but I was a bit curious. > > > Other than what is summarized in the bug report ( > https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1373), I could not find > what was discussed on the mailing lists, nor is there much information on > the License-History.txt file ( > https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/blob/master/License-History.txt). As > Warner pointed out, commit messages were kept almost verbatim from the > original ones. > I did some digging, and all the edk2 archives are from April 2019, which post dates these messages. The sourceforge backup archive has disappeared. But I was able to find the following. These are more the patches to make it happen, but www.mail-archive.com could also be used to find the above specific messages should someone have enough time and energy to overcome the annoyances of the search engine interface: https://www.mail-archive.com/edk2-devel@lists.01.org/msg52385.html https://www.mail-archive.com/edk2-devel@lists.01.org/msg52836.html https://www.mail-archive.com/edk2-devel@lists.01.org/msg52758.html https://www.mail-archive.com/edk2-devel@lists.01.org/msg52757.html as well as https://www.mail-archive.com/edk2-devel@lists.01.org/msg53211.html announcing the freeze for their repo to make the change. Warner