Re: [LTP] question about a license

Wayne Boyer
2013-04-25T03:55:56Z

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.

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