Richard Purdie wrote:
On Sat, 2007-05-12 at 09:47 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
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.
Section 11b says I can submit it but I've asked the author about a
signed off by line (he's cc'd) for the alleviation of any doubt.
I agree that the comment does conflict with the GPL. Just to avoid any doubts,
LZO _is_ GPL v2, and I will fix that comment for the next version. Please
accept my signed-off-by for Richard's kernel patch in the meantime.
Signed-off-by: Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer <[email protected]>
~Markus
Cheers,
Richard
--
Markus Oberhumer, <[email protected]>, http://www.oberhumer.com/
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