From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.193] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-4.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1UVAkM-00007j-So for ltp-list@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 25 Apr 2013 01:13:14 +0000 Received: from [32.97.110.56] (helo=drano2.localdomain) by sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with smtp (Exim 4.76) id 1UVAkI-0000Iy-Nj for ltp-list@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 25 Apr 2013 01:13:14 +0000 Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:13:04 -0700 From: James Takahashi Message-ID: <20130425011303.GB30114@us.ibm.com> References: <5177684F.7060204@cn.fujitsu.com> <20130424093255.GA5674@rei> <201304241207.31644.vapier@gentoo.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201304241207.31644.vapier@gentoo.org> Subject: Re: [LTP] question about a license List-Id: Linux Test Project General Discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: ltp-list-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: Mike Frysinger Cc: ltp-list@lists.sourceforge.net, wboyer@us.ibm.com On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:07, Mike Frysinger wrote: > On Wednesday 24 April 2013 05:32:56 chrubis@suse.cz wrote: > > > When trying to cleanup syscalls/getitimer03.c, i meet a strange license. > > > It says: > > > > > > ********************************************************************* > > > > > > /* > > > * $Copyright: $ > > > * Copyright (c) 1984-2000 > > > * Sequent Computer Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. > > > *$ > > > * This software is furnished under a license and may be used > > > * only in accordance with the terms of that license and with the > > > * inclusion of the above copyright notice. This software may not > > > * be provided or otherwise made available to, or used by, any > > > * other person. No title to or ownership of the software is > > > * hereby transferred. > > > */ > > > > > > ********************************************************************* > > > > > > Here is my question, > > > 1. Can i change this license to GPL2? or > > > 2. Can i modify code of the case under this license? > > > > > > Could you please provide me any pointer/suggstion. :) > > > > Given that the testcases is a few lines that calls getitimer() with > > invalid value, I would play safe and rewrite it from scratch. > > > > Anybody has different opinion? > > there are four such files: > testcases/kernel/syscalls/getitimer/getitimer03.c > testcases/kernel/syscalls/getresgid/getresgid01.c > testcases/kernel/syscalls/nftw/Makefile > testcases/kernel/syscalls/nftw/nftw64.h > > the Makefile has at least be rewritten enough that i think we can change things > as the code has largely been written by Garrett Cooper now > > if we can't locate someone (Wayne Boyer?) for the tests, i suggest looking at > what they test (just read the comment block), then delete the file and write a > new test from scratch. > > the header file i think might be accidental as none of the nftw files look that > way. instead, they have the ibm copyright. so i'd just change it to that. > -mike Wayne is still at IBM (Sequent was acquired by IBM). I have CC'd him on this thread. If you'd elaborate on what sort of permission/assistance you need for this copyright issue, I'm sure Wayne would be happy to cooperate. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try New Relic Now & We'll Send You this Cool Shirt New Relic is the only SaaS-based application performance monitoring service that delivers powerful full stack analytics. Optimize and monitor your browser, app, & servers with just a few lines of code. Try New Relic and get this awesome Nerd Life shirt! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic_d2d_apr _______________________________________________ Ltp-list mailing list Ltp-list@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltp-list