Re: [GIT PULL] Microblaze initial pack

[Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>]

* Michal Simek <michal.simek@petalogix.com> wrote:

> > I've also done a (quick) license scan and there's this one file i 
> > found:
> >
> >   arch/microblaze/kernel/hw_exception_handler.S
> >
> >    * Copyright (C) 2004 Xilinx, Inc. All rights reserved.
> >    *
> >    * Xilinx, Inc.
> >    * XILINX IS PROVIDING THIS DESIGN, CODE, OR INFORMATION "AS IS" AS A
> >    * COURTESY TO YOU.BY PROVIDING THIS DESIGN, CODE, OR INFORMATION AS
> >    * ONE POSSIBLE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS FEATURE, APPLICATION OR
> >    * STANDARD, XILINX IS MAKING NO REPRESENTATION THAT THIS IMPLEMENTATION
> >    * IS FREE FROM ANY CLAIMS OF INFRINGEMENT, AND YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE
> >    * FOR OBTAINING ANY RIGHTS YOU MAY REQUIRE FOR YOUR IMPLEMENTATION.
> >
> > That is an all rights reserved copyrighted file, and i'm not sure 
> > the above constitutes a GPLv2 compatible license. It would be less 
> > ambigious to add what you do in the other places instead, something 
> > like:
> >
> >  * (C) Copyright 2004 Xilinx, Inc.
> >  *
> >  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
> >  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published
> >  * by the Free Software Foundation.
> >   
> This is no my license. I'll ask a Xilinx guys for permission to change
> it for this file.
> John L, Stephen: Could I change the license as Ingo suggested?

Note that there's a couple of other Xilinx files in the upstream 
kernel tree already that could serve as a template:

 drivers/char/xilinx_hwicap/buffer_icap.c: *     XILINX IS PROVIDING THIS DESIGN, CODE, OR INFORMATION "AS IS"
 drivers/char/xilinx_hwicap/buffer_icap.h: *     XILINX IS PROVIDING THIS DESIGN, CODE, OR INFORMATION "AS IS"
 drivers/char/xilinx_hwicap/fifo_icap.c: *     XILINX IS PROVIDING THIS DESIGN, CODE, OR INFORMATION "AS IS"
 drivers/char/xilinx_hwicap/fifo_icap.h: *     XILINX IS PROVIDING THIS DESIGN, CODE, OR INFORMATION "AS IS"
 drivers/char/xilinx_hwicap/xilinx_hwicap.c: *     XILINX IS PROVIDING THIS DESIGN, CODE, OR INFORMATION "AS IS"
 drivers/char/xilinx_hwicap/xilinx_hwicap.h: *     XILINX IS PROVIDING THIS DESIGN, CODE, OR INFORMATION "AS IS"

Those files carry this as-is no-warrantes notice plus also a GPLv2 
notice:

/*****************************************************************************
 *
 *     Author: Xilinx, Inc.
 *
 *     This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 *     under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
 *     Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
 *     option) any later version.
 *
 *     XILINX IS PROVIDING THIS DESIGN, CODE, OR INFORMATION "AS IS"
 *     AS A COURTESY TO YOU, SOLELY FOR USE IN DEVELOPING PROGRAMS AND
 *     SOLUTIONS FOR XILINX DEVICES.  BY PROVIDING THIS DESIGN, CODE,
 *     OR INFORMATION AS ONE POSSIBLE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS FEATURE,
 *     APPLICATION OR STANDARD, XILINX IS MAKING NO REPRESENTATION
 *     THAT THIS IMPLEMENTATION IS FREE FROM ANY CLAIMS OF INFRINGEMENT,
 *     AND YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OBTAINING ANY RIGHTS YOU MAY REQUIRE
 *     FOR YOUR IMPLEMENTATION.  XILINX EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY
 *     WARRANTY WHATSOEVER WITH RESPECT TO THE ADEQUACY OF THE
 *     IMPLEMENTATION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OR
 *     REPRESENTATIONS THAT THIS IMPLEMENTATION IS FREE FROM CLAIMS OF
 *     INFRINGEMENT, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
 *     FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 *
 *     (c) Copyright 2003-2008 Xilinx Inc.
 *     All rights reserved.
 *
 *     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
 *     with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 *     675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
 *
 *****************************************************************************/

	Ingo