[U-Boot] Copyright/License text in cpu/ppc4xx/4xx_pci.c

[Stefan Roese <sr@denx.de>]

On Wednesday 08 July 2009 16:21:51 Matthias Fuchs wrote:
> > > So can we replace the header with the widely used GPL template?
> >
> > I'm not sure here. The paragraph clearly states:
> >
> >  *       Any person who transfers this source code or any derivative work
> >  *       must include the IBM copyright notice, this paragraph, and the
> >  *       preceding two paragraphs in the transferred software.
> >
> > So even if the current version has not much in common with the original
> > version (IIRC cloned from IBM PIBS), we still have to carry it with us.
> > At least this is how I interpret it.
>
> But we could prepend the typical header which brings us to something like
> this:
>
> /*
>  * (C) Copyright 1998, Mark Game
>  * (C) Copyright 1995, IBM Corporation
>  *
>  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
>  * project.
>  *
>  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
>  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
>  * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
>  * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
>  *
>  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
>  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
>  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
>  * GNU General Public License for more details.
>  *
>  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
>  * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
>  * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
>  * MA 02111-1307 USA
>  *
>  *
>  * This source code has been made available to you by IBM on an AS-IS
>  * basis.  Anyone receiving this source is licensed under IBM
>  * copyrights to use it in any way he or she deems fit, including
>  * copying it, modifying it, compiling it, and redistributing it either
>  * with or without modifications.  No license under IBM patents or
>  * patent applications is to be implied by the copyright license.
>  *
>  * Any user of this software should understand that IBM cannot provide
>  * technical support for this software and will not be responsible for
>  * any consequences resulting from the use of this software.
>  *
>  * Any person who transfers this source code or any derivative work
>  * must include the IBM copyright notice, this paragraph, and the
>  * preceding two paragraphs in the transferred software.
>  */

This should be ok. If nobody else opposes, please go ahead and send you 
cleanup patch.

Best regards,
Stefan

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