National Semiconductor Corporation Open Source License

[Martin Langer <martin-langer@gmx.de>]

Hi,

the ALSA-0.5 Geode Driver (geode.c) on
http://www.gctglobal.com/Download/alsa-geode.tar.gz 
which still waits for a port to 0.9 has the following license, which is not
GPL. Is it really possible to include such a license into the alsa package?
(I see the big problem in the export laws because the kernel is under GPL
without an export rule)

I won't use this code, but I'm definitely no license expert. Or is it possible
to use a different license for a port (IMHO it's more than a modification, but
I don't know the definition of a lawyer in this case)

On the other hand I found another older file in the tgz called geode_BAK.c
without a license text. Same license, no license or GPL for that file?

Or can a port use a dual license (GPL/NSC OSL)?

Anybody there who knows something?


martin



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