On Wed, May 02, 2007 at 09:56:23AM +0100, Richard Purdie wrote:
>...
> I've asked the LZO author about the comments on lzo_copyright function
> but the code is GPLv2 licensed so is suitable for inclusion in the
> kernel.
This sounds as if LZO is GPL incompatible similar to code under
the 4 clause BSD licence.
>...
> +/* If you use the LZO library in a product, you *must* keep this
> + * copyright string in the executable of your product.
> + */
> +
> +const char __lzo_copyright[] =
> +#if !defined(__LZO_IN_MINLZO)
> + LZO_VERSION_STRING;
> +#else
> + "\r\n\n"
> + "LZO data compression library.\n"
> + "$Copyright: LZO (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Markus Franz Xaver Johannes Oberhumer\n"
> + "<[email protected]>\n"
> + "http://www.oberhumer.com $\n\n"
> + "$Id: LZO version: v" LZO_VERSION_STRING ", " LZO_VERSION_DATE " $\n"
> + "$Built: " __DATE__ " " __TIME__ " $\n"
> +#endif
>...
cu
Adrian
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