From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.194] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-3.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1UVAqi-0005bR-Ol for ltp-list@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 25 Apr 2013 01:19:48 +0000 Received: from [222.73.24.84] (helo=song.cn.fujitsu.com) by sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) id 1UVAqh-00063Y-8s for ltp-list@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 25 Apr 2013 01:19:48 +0000 Message-ID: <517884B4.7060500@cn.fujitsu.com> Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:19:48 +0800 From: Wanlong Gao MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <5177684F.7060204@cn.fujitsu.com> <20130424093255.GA5674@rei> <201304241207.31644.vapier@gentoo.org> <20130425011303.GB30114@us.ibm.com> In-Reply-To: <20130425011303.GB30114@us.ibm.com> Subject: Re: [LTP] question about a license Reply-To: gaowanlong@cn.fujitsu.com 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: James Takahashi Cc: ltp-list@lists.sourceforge.net, Mike Frysinger , wboyer@us.ibm.com On 04/25/2013 09:13 AM, James Takahashi wrote: > 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. Thank you very much James. ;) Regards, Wanlong Gao > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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