From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marc Kleine-Budde Subject: Re: license issues of can-utils Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 22:24:55 +0200 Message-ID: <520FDC17.7070107@pengutronix.de> References: <20130817190521.GK30496@pengutronix.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="npw7UjiIlcL3kKAU70feUMi3mp86XSFu2" Return-path: Received: from metis.ext.pengutronix.de ([92.198.50.35]:55430 "EHLO metis.ext.pengutronix.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754553Ab3HQUZH (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Aug 2013 16:25:07 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20130817190521.GK30496@pengutronix.de> Sender: linux-can-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: =?UTF-8?B?VXdlIEtsZWluZS1Lw7ZuaWc=?= Cc: linux-can@vger.kernel.org, Robert Haddon , Oliver Hartkopp This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --npw7UjiIlcL3kKAU70feUMi3mp86XSFu2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 08/17/2013 09:05 PM, Uwe Kleine-K=C3=B6nig wrote: > I started to create a Debian package for can-utils and while looking > through the source files to collect their copyright and license > information, I noticed two things that probably need fixing before a > can-utils package can enter Debian. [...] > b) several headers below include/socketcan/can have a copyright but no > license. I think the best approach here (as also suggested by Marc in a= > private discussion) is to fix the original headers in the kernel and > then copy these back into can-utils. I assume the standard boilerplate > with BSD-3-Clause + GPL-2 is the desired addition? If yes I can prepare= > a patch. tl;dr IANAL: netlink.h GPL, all others DUAL BSD/GPL. Marc We're talking about the uapi can headers which are: include/uapi/linux/can/error.h added with initial code which is Dual BSD= /GPL Copyright by VW, Author Oliver. include/uapi/linux/can.h added with initial code which is Dual BSD/GPL include/uapi/linux/can/raw.h added with initial code which is Dual BSD/G= PL Both copyright by VW, Author Oliver and Urs. include/uapi/linux/can/bcm.h bcm.c has MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL"); include/uapi/linux/can/gw.h gw.c has MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL") Both copyright by VW, Author Oliver. include/uapi/linux/can/netlink.h was added by Wolfgang Grandegger: 39549ee can: CAN Network device driver and Netlink interface dev.c holds the netlink parsing code which has MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2"); Copyright by Wolfgang. --=20 Pengutronix e.K. | Marc Kleine-Budde | Industrial Linux Solutions | Phone: +49-231-2826-924 | Vertretung West/Dortmund | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | http://www.pengutronix.de | --npw7UjiIlcL3kKAU70feUMi3mp86XSFu2 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.14 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Icedove - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlIP3BcACgkQjTAFq1RaXHPu5QCglUrTbxwUzcGg8QdWNjmmiPSZ 4QEAn0hfjAr3fRCqZxjROXIVCHHBrZBP =WleY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --npw7UjiIlcL3kKAU70feUMi3mp86XSFu2--