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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 19:59:02 +0100
From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: "Grover, Andrew" <andrew.grover@intel.com>
Cc: acpi-devel@sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Proposed ACPI Licensing change
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Hi!

> In order to solve this, we are considering releasing the Linux version of
> the interpreter under a dual license. This would allow direct incorporation
> of changes. Any patches submitted against the ACPI core code would
> implicitly be allowed to be used by us in a non-GPL context. This is already
> done elsewhere in the Linux kernel source by the PCMCIA code, for example.
> 
> Comments?

Good idea, and should have been done year
ago. I was always wondering why noone
patches ACPI :-).
-- 
				Pavel
Written on sharp zaurus, because my Velo1 broke. If you have Velo you don't need...

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