From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marc Kleine-Budde Subject: Re: [PATCH] can: add explicit copyright to header can/netlink.h Date: Sat, 07 Sep 2013 12:25:36 +0200 Message-ID: <522AFF20.6000501@pengutronix.de> References: <1378477811-3606-1-git-send-email-mkl@pengutronix.de> <20130906193744.GV24802@pengutronix.de> <522AFEA8.3020303@hartkopp.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="xhrmiuRHH2rvXfNslBrh9OmgOjotONvWc" Return-path: Received: from metis.ext.pengutronix.de ([92.198.50.35]:39552 "EHLO metis.ext.pengutronix.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750979Ab3IGK0H (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Sep 2013 06:26:07 -0400 In-Reply-To: <522AFEA8.3020303@hartkopp.net> Sender: linux-can-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Oliver Hartkopp Cc: =?UTF-8?B?VXdlIEtsZWluZS1Lw7ZuaWc=?= , Wolfgang Grandegger , linux-can@vger.kernel.org, kernel@pengutronix.de This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --xhrmiuRHH2rvXfNslBrh9OmgOjotONvWc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 09/07/2013 12:23 PM, Oliver Hartkopp wrote: > On 06.09.2013 21:37, Uwe Kleine-K=C3=B6nig wrote: >=20 >>>> I think it is necessary to get the Ack of the people mentioned in >>>> the Cc: commit footers. @Wolfgang: I added a statement >>>> >>>> The provided data structures and external interfaces from this c= ode >>>> are not restricted to be used by software with a GPL compatible >>>> license. >>>> >>>> similar to the other can headers. Does that suit you? >>> >>> Is this the common phrase other public header files use as well? >>> What's the motivation for that addition. Likely I might >>> have missed some related discussion.=20 >> This is what the headers by Volkswagen are using, but it's only a >> suggestion. So it's up to you. >> >=20 > Yep. >=20 > To make clear that the CAN data structures should not be limited to be = used in > GPL code, this sentence has been added. >=20 > E.g. to allow to implement a similar programming API for BSD, QNX or wh= atever > which are obviously not GPL ... >=20 > Don't know if this it suitable for the netlink stuff anyway. The usage of netlink.h in a closed source app might be a nother usecase. Marc --=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 | --xhrmiuRHH2rvXfNslBrh9OmgOjotONvWc 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/ iEYEARECAAYFAlIq/yAACgkQjTAFq1RaXHM0kwCghZ4sdWOFjo0xX02s9yZ2u7Yu KHMAn0ebUcvSoetcLn+YgoDnsIznB5N5 =kISS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --xhrmiuRHH2rvXfNslBrh9OmgOjotONvWc--