On Sat, 12 May 2007 16:17:35 +0100 Richard Purdie <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-05-12 at 13:17 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > 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.
> > > + */
>
> I've had a reply from the copyright holder/author saying he's going to
> change this wording in the next LZO release and that the code *is* GPLv2
> licensed as per the headers on the files.
>
It would be ideal if the author of that code could send us a
signed-off-by: as per secton 11 of Documentation/SubmittingPatches.
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