OvmfPkg: Change License.txt from 2-Clause BSD to BSD+Patent

Change contents of License.txt in OvmfPkg of the edk2 repository
from the 2-Clause BSD License to the BSD+Patent License for the
default license type.  Preserve the contents related to the use
of the MIT license in this file.

https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1373

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

Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.1
Signed-off-by: Michael D Kinney <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 49 insertions, 22 deletions

diff --git a/OvmfPkg/License.txt b/OvmfPkg/License.txt
index e2eff41571..0666e1bac6 100644
--- a/OvmfPkg/License.txt
+++ b/OvmfPkg/License.txt
@@ -1,29 +1,56 @@
-Copyright (c) 2012, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.

+Copyright (c) 2012 - 2019, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.

+

+SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause-Patent

 

 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without

-modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions

-are met:

-

-* Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright

-  notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

-* Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright

-  notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in

-  the documentation and/or other materials provided with the

-  distribution.

-

-THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS

-"AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT

-LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS

-FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE

-COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,

-INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING,

-BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;

-LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER

-CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT

-LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN

-ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE

+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

+

+1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,

+   this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

+

+2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,

+   this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation

+   and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

+

+Subject to the terms and conditions of this license, each copyright holder

+and contributor hereby grants to those receiving rights under this license

+a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable

+(except for failure to satisfy the conditions of this license) patent

+license to make, have made, use, offer to sell, sell, import, and otherwise

+transfer this software, where such license applies only to those patent

+claims, already acquired or hereafter acquired, licensable by such copyright

+holder or contributor that are necessarily infringed by:

+

+(a) their Contribution(s) (the licensed copyrights of copyright holders and

+    non-copyrightable additions of contributors, in source or binary form)

+    alone; or

+

+(b) combination of their Contribution(s) with the work of authorship to

+    which such Contribution(s) was added by such copyright holder or

+    contributor, if, at the time the Contribution is added, such addition

+    causes such combination to be necessarily infringed. The patent license

+    shall not apply to any other combinations which include the

+    Contribution.

+

+Except as expressly stated above, no rights or licenses from any copyright

+holder or contributor is granted under this license, whether expressly, by

+implication, estoppel or otherwise.

+

+DISCLAIMER

+

+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"

+AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE

+IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE

+ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE

+LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR

+CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF

+SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS

+INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN

+CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)

+ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE

 POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

 

+================================================================================

 

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