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[iproute2] include: dual license the bpf helper includes

Message ID 20230722024120.6036-1-stephen@networkplumber.org (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Commit ac9650fe5c8016cc4c5c1c5e1df0adf5d14b906e
Delegated to: David Ahern
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Series [iproute2] include: dual license the bpf helper includes | expand

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Commit Message

Stephen Hemminger July 22, 2023, 2:41 a.m. UTC
The files bpf_api.h and bpf_elf.h are useful for TC BPF programs
to use. And there is no requirement that those be GPL only;
we intend to allow BSD licensed BPF helpers as well.

This makes the file license same as libbpf.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
---
 include/bpf_api.h | 2 +-
 include/bpf_elf.h | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Comments

Daniel Borkmann July 22, 2023, 11:57 a.m. UTC | #1
On 7/22/23 4:41 AM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> The files bpf_api.h and bpf_elf.h are useful for TC BPF programs
> to use. And there is no requirement that those be GPL only;
> we intend to allow BSD licensed BPF helpers as well.
> 
> This makes the file license same as libbpf.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>

Acked-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org July 22, 2023, 4:40 p.m. UTC | #2
Hello:

This patch was applied to iproute2/iproute2.git (main)
by Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>:

On Fri, 21 Jul 2023 19:41:20 -0700 you wrote:
> The files bpf_api.h and bpf_elf.h are useful for TC BPF programs
> to use. And there is no requirement that those be GPL only;
> we intend to allow BSD licensed BPF helpers as well.
> 
> This makes the file license same as libbpf.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [iproute2] include: dual license the bpf helper includes
    https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/iproute2/iproute2.git/commit/?id=ac9650fe5c80

You are awesome, thank you!
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diff --git a/include/bpf_api.h b/include/bpf_api.h
index 82c47089f614..5887d3a851cf 100644
--- a/include/bpf_api.h
+++ b/include/bpf_api.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ 
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 or BSD-3-Clause */
 #ifndef __BPF_API__
 #define __BPF_API__
 
diff --git a/include/bpf_elf.h b/include/bpf_elf.h
index 84e8ae00834c..ea8a11c95c0f 100644
--- a/include/bpf_elf.h
+++ b/include/bpf_elf.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ 
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 or BSD-3-Clause */
 #ifndef __BPF_ELF__
 #define __BPF_ELF__