Re: [PATCH] Add LZO1X compression support to the kernel

[Richard Purdie <richard@openedhand.com>]

On Sat, 2007-05-12 at 09:47 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Sat, 12 May 2007 16:17:35 +0100 Richard Purdie <richard@openedhand.com> 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.

Cheers,

Richard