[LTP] question about a license

[LTP] question about a license

[DAN LI]

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. :)


Thanks,
DAN LI

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Re: [LTP] question about a license

[chrubis]

Hi!
> 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?

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Re: [LTP] question about a license

[James Takahashi]

On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:07, Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> 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.

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Re: [LTP] question about a license

[Wanlong Gao]

On 04/25/2013 09:13 AM, James Takahashi wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:07, Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> 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.

Thank you very much James. ;)

Regards,
Wanlong Gao

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Re: [LTP] question about a license

[Mike Frysinger]

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On Wednesday 24 April 2013 21:13:04 James Takahashi wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:07, Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> 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.

the code says Wayne wrote it.  if Wayne can confirm that, and if he can confirm 
that we want to change the copyright to the standard ibm ones (found in many 
other files) and license it similarly.
-mike

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Re: [LTP] question about a license

[Wayne Boyer]

Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> wrote on 04/24/2013 07:01:29 PM:

> From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
> To: takahash@linux.vnet.ibm.com,
> Cc: ltp-list@lists.sourceforge.net, Wayne Boyer/Beaverton/IBM@IBMUS
> Date: 04/24/2013 07:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [LTP] question about a license
>
> On Wednesday 24 April 2013 21:13:04 James Takahashi wrote:
> > On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:07, Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> 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.
>
> the code says Wayne wrote it.  if Wayne can confirm that, and if he
> can confirm
> that we want to change the copyright to the standard ibm ones (found in many
> other files) and license it similarly.
> -mike

Hi Mike,

I looked at the four files in question.  I did write getitimer03.c and I
believe using the standard IBM copyright is correct.

I ported the getresgid01.c code to run under Linux.  As I recall it was 
originally a Sequent test case for the Dynix/ptx OS.  Again I believe
using the standard IBM copyright is correct.

I did not work with the last two files, but they follow the same pattern
as the getresgid01.c code.  There were originally part of the Dynix/ptx
test cases.


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LTC Embedded Linux - Customer Tech Lead
IBM - Hillsboro, Oregon


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Re: [LTP] question about a license

[Mike Frysinger]

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On Wednesday 24 April 2013 23:55:44 Wayne Boyer wrote:
> Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> wrote on 04/24/2013 07:01:29 PM:
> > From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
> > To: takahash@linux.vnet.ibm.com,
> > Cc: ltp-list@lists.sourceforge.net, Wayne Boyer/Beaverton/IBM@IBMUS
> > Date: 04/24/2013 07:01 PM
> > Subject: Re: [LTP] question about a license
> > 
> > On Wednesday 24 April 2013 21:13:04 James Takahashi wrote:
> > > On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:07, Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> 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.
> > 
> > the code says Wayne wrote it.  if Wayne can confirm that, and if he
> > can confirm
> > that we want to change the copyright to the standard ibm ones (found in
> > many other files) and license it similarly.
> 
> I looked at the four files in question.  I did write getitimer03.c and I
> believe using the standard IBM copyright is correct.
> 
> I ported the getresgid01.c code to run under Linux.  As I recall it was
> originally a Sequent test case for the Dynix/ptx OS.  Again I believe
> using the standard IBM copyright is correct.
> 
> I did not work with the last two files, but they follow the same pattern
> as the getresgid01.c code.  There were originally part of the Dynix/ptx
> test cases.

thanks!  that was much quicker than i expected :).  i've adjusted all the files 
in the latest git repo now.
-mike

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