From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stefan Roese Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 16:31:11 +0200 Subject: [U-Boot] Copyright/License text in cpu/ppc4xx/4xx_pci.c In-Reply-To: <200907081621.51898.matthias.fuchs@esd.eu> References: <200907081540.09003.matthias.fuchs@esd.eu> <200907081557.48786.sr@denx.de> <200907081621.51898.matthias.fuchs@esd.eu> Message-ID: <200907081631.11683.sr@denx.de> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.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 ===================================================================== DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: +49-8142-66989-0 Fax: +49-8142-66989-80 Email: office at denx.de =====================================================================