Re: via agp patches

[Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>]

On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 01:25:32PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Fri, 30 May 2008 17:33:54 -0700
> Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de> wrote:
> 
> > This looks like the meatiest patch, with lots of support for new
> > hardware.  Gotta love the StudlyCaps...
> 
> > + * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
> > + * obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
> > + * files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
> > + * restriction, including without limitation the rights to use,
> > + * copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sub license,
> > + * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to
> > + * whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the
> > + * following conditions:
> 
> Do we think the above is GPL compatible, do VIA think so, do VIA care to
> say in writing they consider it is if there are questions ?

As Via states in this patch later on:
	MODULE_LICENSE("GPL and additional rights");

Yes, I think it is fair to say it is GPL compatible.  Isn't this just a
variant of the BSD license?

thanks,

greg k-h