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On 12/12/2012 09:26 AM, Michael Opdenacker wrote:
> On 12/12/2012 05:35 PM, Ezequiel Garcia wrote:
>> On a second thought and considering this code is originally
>> copyrighted by Free Electrons,
>> I'd guess I need their permission to make a license change (right?).
>>
>> So considering Greg's comments, I'll leave it as it is and let Free
>> Electrons decide.
> 
> OK for GPLv2 only. You have Free Electron's permission.
> 
> Thanks for asking!

I'm not sure if this code is related to the UBI code that
Free Electrons worked on for CELF some time ago or not -- but
CELF's preference (and CE Workgroup's preference also)
for any code contributions to the kernel is GPLv2 only.

Just FYI.
 -- Tim

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Tim Bird
Architecture Group Chair, CE Workgroup of the Linux Foundation
Senior Staff Engineer, Sony Network Entertainment
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