Relicense hwdb/parse_hwdb.py as MIT (#4129)

This parser will also be used in libinput, which uses the MIT license, so
relicense this file to the more permissive license to make bidirectional code
flow easier. parse_hwdb.py is only useful during building of the project, and
is not part of the installation, so effectively both licenses are very similar.
In particular, the licensing of binary packages produced by systemd is not
influenced in any way, because the MIT licensed part is not installed.

1 files changed, 21 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/hwdb/parse_hwdb.py b/hwdb/parse_hwdb.py
index f55562250d..e163edbc51 100755
--- a/hwdb/parse_hwdb.py
+++ b/hwdb/parse_hwdb.py
@@ -1,22 +1,30 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-#  -*- Mode: python; coding: utf-8; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*- */
+# -*- Mode: python; coding: utf-8; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*- */
 #
-#  This file is part of systemd.
+# This file is part of systemd. It is distrubuted under the MIT license, see
+# below.
 #
-#  Copyright 2016 Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
+# Copyright 2016 Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
 #
-#  systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-#  under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
-#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
-#  (at your option) any later version.
+# The MIT License (MIT)
 #
-#  systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
-#  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
-#  Lesser General Public License for more details.
+# 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:
 #
-#  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
-#  along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# 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.
 
 import functools
 import glob