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From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik-e+AXbWqSrlAAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: "Grover, Andrew" <andrew.grover-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: acpi-devel-pyega4qmqnRoyOMFzWx49A@public.gmane.org,
	linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: Proposed ACPI Licensing change
Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2002 04:58:27 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3DF1C643.5070900@pobox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <EDC461A30AC4D511ADE10002A5072CAD04C7A57F-OU+JdkIUtvd9zuciVAfUoVDQ4js95KgL@public.gmane.org>

Grover, Andrew wrote:
> In order to solve this, we are considering releasing the Linux version of
> the interpreter under a dual license. This would allow direct incorporation
> of changes. Any patches submitted against the ACPI core code would
> implicitly be allowed to be used by us in a non-GPL context. This is already
> done elsewhere in the Linux kernel source by the PCMCIA code, for example.


I think this is great.

Since pcmcia already set an example with their license, I think it's a 
great model to follow.

I also echo other comments to choose an already-known license like the 
MPL or BSD (etc.) so that lawyers don't have extra work ;-)

	Jeff

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
To: "Grover, Andrew" <andrew.grover@intel.com>
Cc: acpi-devel@sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Proposed ACPI Licensing change
Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2002 04:58:27 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3DF1C643.5070900@pobox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <EDC461A30AC4D511ADE10002A5072CAD04C7A57F@orsmsx119.jf.intel.com>

Grover, Andrew wrote:
> In order to solve this, we are considering releasing the Linux version of
> the interpreter under a dual license. This would allow direct incorporation
> of changes. Any patches submitted against the ACPI core code would
> implicitly be allowed to be used by us in a non-GPL context. This is already
> done elsewhere in the Linux kernel source by the PCMCIA code, for example.


I think this is great.

Since pcmcia already set an example with their license, I think it's a 
great model to follow.

I also echo other comments to choose an already-known license like the 
MPL or BSD (etc.) so that lawyers don't have extra work ;-)

	Jeff




  parent reply	other threads:[~2002-12-07  9:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-12-07  0:10 Proposed ACPI Licensing change Grover, Andrew
2002-12-07  0:10 ` Grover, Andrew
     [not found] ` <EDC461A30AC4D511ADE10002A5072CAD04C7A57F-OU+JdkIUtvd9zuciVAfUoVDQ4js95KgL@public.gmane.org>
2002-12-07  0:24   ` Adrian Bunk
2002-12-07  0:24     ` Adrian Bunk
2002-12-07  0:36     ` David Schwartz
     [not found]     ` <20021207002405.GR2544-cg1h10c7RbKzQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org>
2002-12-07  0:36       ` David Schwartz
2002-12-07  0:36       ` David Schwartz
2002-12-07 20:07     ` Linus Torvalds
2002-12-09 19:39       ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-12-07  0:51   ` Christoph Hellwig
2002-12-07  0:51     ` Christoph Hellwig
2002-12-07  2:16   ` Alan Cox
2002-12-07  2:16     ` Alan Cox
2002-12-07  9:58   ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2002-12-07  9:58     ` Jeff Garzik
2002-12-07 17:46   ` Greg KH
2002-12-07 17:46     ` Greg KH
2002-12-09 18:59   ` Pavel Machek
2002-12-09 18:59     ` Pavel Machek
2002-12-07 23:44 ` Hans Reiser
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-12-07  1:06 Adrian Bunk
2002-12-07  1:06 ` Adrian Bunk

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