From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from xyzzy.farnsworth.org (xyzzy.farnsworth.org [65.39.95.219]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 40436DE0A0 for ; Fri, 10 Apr 2009 02:09:23 +1000 (EST) To: John.Linn@xilinx.com, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org In-Reply-To: <20090409141651.72775AC0056@mail192-sin.bigfish.com> References: <20090408211521.D0EF411B8054@mail214-sin.bigfish.com> <20090409115147.5059493f.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Message-Id: From: Dale Farnsworth Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2009 08:36:11 -0700 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Xilinx : Framebuffer Driver: Add PLB support (non-DCR) List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Stephen Rothwell [mailto:sfr@canb.auug.org.au] > > Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 7:52 PM > > To: John Linn > > Cc: grant.likely@secretlab.ca; jwboyer@linux.vnet.ibm.com; > > linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org; > > linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; > > akonovalov@ru.mvista.com; adaplas@gmail.com; Suneel Garapati; Suneel > > Subject: Re: [PATCH] Xilinx : Framebuffer Driver: Add PLB > > support (non-DCR) > > > > Hi John, > > > > On Wed, 8 Apr 2009 15:11:25 -0600 John Linn > > wrote: > > > > > > * 2002-2007 (c) MontaVista Software, Inc. > > > * 2007 (c) Secret Lab Technologies, Ltd. > > > + * 2009 (c) Xilinx Inc. > > > * > > > - * This file is licensed under the terms of the GNU > > General Public License > > > - * version 2. This program is licensed "as is" without > > any warranty of any > > > - * kind, whether express or implied. > > > + * 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. > > > + * > > > + * 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. > > > > This changes the license for this file (from "GPLv2" to "GPLv2 or > > later"). Have you asked the other copyright owners about that? > > Andrei was copied on the patch, we'll see if he has any thoughts about > it. Although I work for MontaVista, I don't speak for them on licensing issues. In my opinion, unless someone can come up with a compelling reason for changing the license terms of a file, they shouldn't be changed. MontaVista made a deliberate, considered decision to license that file under GPLv2 and not "GPLv2 or later". Those who use and distribute modifications to GPLv2 licensed work need to respect the license. -Dale