From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from gabe.freedesktop.org (gabe.freedesktop.org [131.252.210.177]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 27968EDB7F2 for ; Tue, 7 Apr 2026 10:49:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gabe.freedesktop.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FBC710E3DB; Tue, 7 Apr 2026 10:49:55 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: gabe.freedesktop.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=ideasonboard.com header.i=@ideasonboard.com header.b="s4ZMhbkD"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: from perceval.ideasonboard.com (perceval.ideasonboard.com [213.167.242.64]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3B5AE10E3CC for ; Tue, 7 Apr 2026 10:49:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from killaraus.ideasonboard.com (2001-14ba-703d-e500--2a1.rev.dnainternet.fi [IPv6:2001:14ba:703d:e500::2a1]) by perceval.ideasonboard.com (Postfix) with UTF8SMTPSA id 3B6A64B3; Tue, 7 Apr 2026 12:48:25 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=ideasonboard.com; s=mail; t=1775558905; bh=Gg8HlXXefN/XgPC5kHOsD/buJpWmZx5GZjxQ1vLrL1I=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:From; b=s4ZMhbkDa/UWqpEr+hm5R06gsQHmOML62eODXCDYpSRUMkPFF7UwWirux+CqhbT0w 5Hu539L/uts1xrRnK2yli2tI7at6qDPW+pKthCPrI7KjOTz/Z3J2XH/ZYJD0IfQ1dq OTql0fzI6dt8qb6wCXRKBa9cpUDaWCMeBUkL28m8= From: Laurent Pinchart To: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org Cc: David Airlie , Simona Vetter Subject: [PATCH v3] drm: uapi: Use SPDX in DRM core uAPI headers Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2026 13:49:51 +0300 Message-ID: <20260407104951.1781047-1-laurent.pinchart+renesas@ideasonboard.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.52.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Direct Rendering Infrastructure - Development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dri-devel-bounces@lists.freedesktop.org Sender: "dri-devel" The DRM core uAPI headers are licensed under the MIT license, and carry copies of the license with slight variations. Replace them with SPDX headers. Following a discussion with Simona Vetter on this topic, add a clarification in the drm-uapi.rst file that independent closed-source userspace implementations of software using the DRM uAPI are accepted, as allowed by the MIT license. Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner Reviewed-by: Simona Vetter --- Dave, could I get your ack on this ? Please also let me know if it should go through drm-misc or if you prefer picking it up. --- Documentation/gpu/drm-uapi.rst | 4 ++++ include/uapi/drm/drm.h | 20 +------------------- include/uapi/drm/drm_fourcc.h | 20 +------------------- include/uapi/drm/drm_mode.h | 19 +------------------ include/uapi/drm/drm_sarea.h | 20 +------------------- 5 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 75 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/drm-uapi.rst b/Documentation/gpu/drm-uapi.rst index 579e87cb9ff7..32206ce62931 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpu/drm-uapi.rst +++ b/Documentation/gpu/drm-uapi.rst @@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ is already rather painful for the DRM subsystem, with multiple different uAPIs for the same thing co-existing. If we add a few more complete mistakes into the mix every year it would be entirely unmanageable. +The DRM subsystem has however no concern with independent closed-source +userspace implementations. To officialize that position, the DRM uAPI headers +are covered by the MIT license. + .. _drm_render_node: Render nodes diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/drm.h b/include/uapi/drm/drm.h index 495462e44a17..bc7ef7684099 100644 --- a/include/uapi/drm/drm.h +++ b/include/uapi/drm/drm.h @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT */ /* * Header for the Direct Rendering Manager * @@ -11,25 +12,6 @@ * Copyright 1999 Precision Insight, Inc., Cedar Park, Texas. * Copyright 2000 VA Linux Systems, Inc., Sunnyvale, California. * All rights reserved. - * - * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a - * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), - * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation - * the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, - * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the - * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: - * - * The above copyright notice and this permission notice (including the next - * paragraph) shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the - * Software. - * - * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR - * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, - * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL - * VA LINUX SYSTEMS AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR - * OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, - * ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR - * OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. */ #ifndef _DRM_H_ diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/drm_fourcc.h b/include/uapi/drm/drm_fourcc.h index ac66fa93b5a3..2caf8249f892 100644 --- a/include/uapi/drm/drm_fourcc.h +++ b/include/uapi/drm/drm_fourcc.h @@ -1,24 +1,6 @@ +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT */ /* * Copyright 2011 Intel Corporation - * - * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a - * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), - * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation - * the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, - * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the - * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: - * - * The above copyright notice and this permission notice (including the next - * paragraph) shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the - * Software. - * - * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR - * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, - * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL - * VA LINUX SYSTEMS AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR - * OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, - * ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR - * OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. */ #ifndef DRM_FOURCC_H diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/drm_mode.h b/include/uapi/drm/drm_mode.h index a4bdc4bd11bc..381a3e857d4e 100644 --- a/include/uapi/drm/drm_mode.h +++ b/include/uapi/drm/drm_mode.h @@ -1,27 +1,10 @@ +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT */ /* * Copyright (c) 2007 Dave Airlie * Copyright (c) 2007 Jakob Bornecrantz * Copyright (c) 2008 Red Hat Inc. * Copyright (c) 2007-2008 Tungsten Graphics, Inc., Cedar Park, TX., USA * Copyright (c) 2007-2008 Intel Corporation - * - * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a - * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), - * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation - * the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, - * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the - * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: - * - * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in - * all copies or substantial portions of the Software. - * - * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR - * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, - * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE - * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER - * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING - * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS - * IN THE SOFTWARE. */ #ifndef _DRM_MODE_H diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/drm_sarea.h b/include/uapi/drm/drm_sarea.h index a951ced60ebe..1e38d028332d 100644 --- a/include/uapi/drm/drm_sarea.h +++ b/include/uapi/drm/drm_sarea.h @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT */ /** * \file drm_sarea.h * \brief SAREA definitions @@ -8,25 +9,6 @@ /* * Copyright 2002 Tungsten Graphics, Inc., Cedar Park, Texas. * All Rights Reserved. - * - * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a - * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), - * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation - * the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, - * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the - * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: - * - * The above copyright notice and this permission notice (including the next - * paragraph) shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the - * Software. - * - * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR - * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, - * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL - * TUNGSTEN GRAPHICS AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR - * OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, - * ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR - * OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. */ #ifndef _DRM_SAREA_H_ base-commit: dc2d30e7db8321a6696d266838f7af7e9d1c7155 -- Regards, Laurent Pinchart