Re: [LTP] question about a license

Mike Frysinger
2013-04-27T06:36:26Z

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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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