Re: Re-use of Intel driver genxml files in other project

Hi,

On 24/10/23 0:44, Thomas Erbesdobler wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm currently working on a very simple OpenCL runtime for Intel GPUs, 
> which I would like to make available as open source project (and maybe 
> also distribute it). To generate the ring-commands (the command stream 
> which controls the GPU, i.e. loads kernels and data, spawns worker 
> threads, etc.) I used the genX.xml-files of the MESA project. They are 
> located at src/intel/genxml in the source tree (i.e. 
> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/tree/main/src/intel/genxml).


FWIW, some those genxml files are already being used by other drivers. 
Here a example, with license, on the broadcom case:

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/blob/main/src/broadcom/cle/gen_pack_header.py?ref_type=heads#L3

>
> Like MESA itself I am using these genX.xml-files to generate C(++) 
> header files. Most code in that part of MESA's sources is covered by a 
> MIT license, but I did not find a particular license for the 
> genX.xml-files (however the generated headers are MIT-licensed, too). 
> Am I allowed to distribute these genX.xml-files in my project, and if 
> yes, under which terms?
>
> I would probably license my OpenCL runtime under the MIT license 
> (SPDX-version), too.
>
> Regards,
> Thomas
>