From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Oliver Hartkopp Subject: Re: [PATCH can-utils 3/3] slcand: remove program as it is undistributable Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2014 11:57:28 +0100 Message-ID: <52D27518.5040202@hartkopp.net> References: <20130817190521.GK30496@pengutronix.de> <1389481823-8379-1-git-send-email-u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de> <1389481823-8379-4-git-send-email-u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Received: from mo4-p00-ob.smtp.rzone.de ([81.169.146.220]:11993 "EHLO mo4-p00-ob.smtp.rzone.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751156AbaALK5a (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Jan 2014 05:57:30 -0500 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-can-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Yegor Yefremov , =?UTF-8?B?VXdlIEtsZWluZS0=?= =?UTF-8?B?S8O2bmln?= Cc: "linux-can@vger.kernel.org" , Marc Kleine-Budde On 12.01.2014 00:38, Yegor Yefremov wrote: > On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 12:10 AM, Uwe Kleine-K=C3=B6nig > wrote: >> The source file specifies slcand to be licensed under both GPL-2+ an= d GFDL. >> These two licenses are incompatible which makes this file undistribu= table. >> The clean way to fix this is to remove the file and reimplement its >> functionality under a valid license when need arises. >=20 > There is need for this daemon. I'm using it in production tests. >=20 Oh, yes. There was so much effort put into this slcand. We should better look how we might fix the license issues. The original thread where slcand comes from was here: http://socket-can.996257.n3.nabble.com/slcan-attach-and-resetting-line-= disciplines-td1396.html And here was the original commit to the SVN: http://svn.berlios.de/wsvn/socketcan/trunk/can-utils/slcand.c?rev=3D973= &peg=3D973 The code has been removed from Wikipedia in October 2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=3DDaemon_%28computing%29&diff= =3D321383226&oldid=3D320644717 (not a textbook. these examples are completely opaque to non-experts) And it has been added here (wihout any license information): http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=3DDaemon_%28computing%29&diff= =3D273831207&oldid=3D273016660 I assume we need to rewrite the daemon-specific code, e.g. use the other reference in Wikipedia: http://www-theorie.physik.unizh.ch/~dpotter/howto/daemonize which is public domain - and I assume this to be the original source ..= =2E Oh well :-( Regards, Oliver