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From: Matthias Fuchs <matthias.fuchs@esd-electronics.com>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] Copyright/License text in cpu/ppc4xx/4xx_pci.c
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 22:51:26 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200907082251.27180.matthias.fuchs@esd-electronics.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090708190305.8FBEB832E416@gemini.denx.de>

ok, to come back to the technical side:

Do we have some old PPCBoot CVS accessible somewhere? I want to find out
what exactly is covers by the IBM license.

That can't be much.

Matthias

> Dear Matthias Fuchs,
> 
> In message <200907082024.37153.matthias.fuchs@esd-electronics.com> you wrote:
> >
> > Same with me. I cannot understand how maybe-GPL-incompatable 
> > sources can be part of U-Boot. This file is not the only one.
> 
> We are aware of this. See commit 78237df5.
> 
> > So does it even play any role when the GPL lines are not contained in some files?
> 
> As you just saw yourself: yes, it does play a role. Just by placing a
> file with some  incompatible  license  in  a  directory  with  a  GPL
> "COPYING"  file  doesn't change the rights you have with the oroginal
> code...
> 
> > Isn't it enough to have the licence of the whole project mentioned once?
> 
> As you see: no.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Wolfgang Denk
> 

  reply	other threads:[~2009-07-08 20:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-07-08 13:40 [U-Boot] Copyright/License text in cpu/ppc4xx/4xx_pci.c Matthias Fuchs
2009-07-08 13:57 ` Stefan Roese
2009-07-08 14:21   ` Matthias Fuchs
2009-07-08 14:31     ` Stefan Roese
2009-07-08 15:51     ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-07-08 17:50       ` Robin Getz
2009-07-08 18:24       ` Matthias Fuchs
2009-07-08 19:03         ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-07-08 20:51           ` Matthias Fuchs [this message]
2009-07-08 20:57             ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-07-09  8:44               ` Matthias Fuchs
2009-07-09  9:00                 ` Stefan Roese
2009-07-09  9:24                   ` Matthias Fuchs
2009-07-09  9:51                     ` Stefan Roese
2009-07-09 10:10                       ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-07-09 10:15                         ` Stefan Roese
2009-07-09 12:20                           ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-07-09 12:23                             ` Stefan Roese
2009-07-21 11:42                       ` Matthias Fuchs
2009-07-21 11:58                         ` Stefan Roese
2009-07-21 14:09                         ` Scott McNutt

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