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[82.1.209.49]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id b10sm9732148wmj.30.2020.07.02.04.24.22 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Thu, 02 Jul 2020 04:24:22 -0700 (PDT) From: "Leif Lindholm" To: devel@edk2.groups.io Cc: Andrew Fish , Laszlo Ersek , Michael D Kinney Subject: [edk2-devel] [PATCH 2/2] ReadMe.rst: delete statements about other accepted licenses Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2020 12:24:20 +0100 Message-Id: <20200702112420.18408-3-leif@nuviainc.com> In-Reply-To: <20200702112420.18408-1-leif@nuviainc.com> References: <20200702112420.18408-1-leif@nuviainc.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Precedence: Bulk List-Unsubscribe: Sender: devel@edk2.groups.io List-Id: Mailing-List: list devel@edk2.groups.io; contact devel+owner@edk2.groups.io Reply-To: devel@edk2.groups.io,leif@nuviainc.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=groups.io; q=dns/txt; s=20140610; t=1593689065; bh=x5Ss0uIJfpphnIl1q5bJquFZyoZ4eqqeUc+uWLq6vjc=; h=Cc:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To; b=RpNrmHMPWkdniMRGQmy49/e5jsIhik63EeoMZCKPRbEkPPDcwALymzb6ZQYxKCJu970 YYLr4DJ6TWqj1/iVkmLHRhG0HicDqvFhEqdx1cSJY9lL2yWY+/0/MJdhpCUqwIwNXLJRF 5G2ArMvFXlT6X5O+8qBs0Tf4m4UtqR0Zenk= X-ZohoMail-DKIM: pass (identity @groups.io) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" In the past, the TianoCore Contribution Agreement provided equal to what the (+patent) gives us, but also for all the alternative licenses listed under "Code Contributions". When the contribution agreement was dropped, no conversation was had about this aspect. Until this issue is resolved, only code licensed under edk2+patent should be accepted into the project. This addresses, but does not resolve, https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D2834 Cc: Andrew Fish Cc: Laszlo Ersek Cc: Michael D Kinney Signed-off-by: Leif Lindholm Acked-by: Laszlo Ersek --- ReadMe.rst | 13 ++----------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/ReadMe.rst b/ReadMe.rst index d597e34efc22..79f07240039e 100644 --- a/ReadMe.rst +++ b/ReadMe.rst @@ -111,23 +111,14 @@ To make a contribution to a TianoCore project, follow= these steps. that the project documents on its web page. If the process is not documented, then submit the code on development email list for the project. -#. It is preferred that contributions are submitted using the same - copyright license as the base project. 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