From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jaroslav Kysela Subject: Re: Possible GPL-licensed header included in alsa-lib Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 19:40:07 +0100 Message-ID: <54874207.5030609@perex.cz> References: <20141209174917.GC22300@ulm-bmuc496424.bmw-carit.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mail1.perex.cz (mail1.perex.cz [77.48.224.245]) by alsa0.perex.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A3832602AD for ; Tue, 9 Dec 2014 19:40:10 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <20141209174917.GC22300@ulm-bmuc496424.bmw-carit.de> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org Sender: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org To: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org Cc: clemens.lang@bmw-carit.de List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org Dne 9.12.2014 v 18:49 Clemens Lang napsal(a): > Hi, > > I recently reviewed the alsa-lib 1.0.27.2 source code from a licensing > perspective to ensure compliant usage and distribution. It seems the > intention is for the libraries to be covered by LGPL. > > I had a look at include/list.h, which seems to be licensed under > GPL-2.0. It does not have a license header or any other copyright > information, but it states it was taken from Linux 2.4.0: > > include/list.h, line 5: > | This code was taken from the Linux 2.4.0 kernel. [jaroslav] > > I'm not sure one could argue that the header was trivial, especially > since it does not only contain constants, structures and interface > definitions, but also implementations of inline functions. Fro my view, it's really trivial, but ... > > I found one previous inquiry about a similar issue[1], but it does not > cover the include/list.h header. > > > Two questions: > 1. Have the copyright holders of the code in question agreed to > re-license under a different, LGPL-preserving license and, if yes, > is there some documentation about that? I don't think so.. Not sure how difficult would be to gather the original authors from the 2.4 code. > 2. If the header is indeed covered by GPL-2.0, would you accept patches > to replace it with a different implementation, e.g. Rusty Russell's > MIT-licensed list from ccan[2]? It could be solution, but the current code seems a bit less complicated. Could you try to obtain list of original authors from linux 2.4 ? I think I can ask about the licence change. Thanks, Jaroslav > > > [1] http://mailman.alsa-project.org/pipermail/alsa-devel/2011-March/038267.html > [2] http://ccodearchive.net/info/list.html > > > Thank you for your time, > Clemens Lang > -- Jaroslav Kysela Linux Kernel Sound Maintainer ALSA Project; Red Hat, Inc.