Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262110AbUCXXVK (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Mar 2004 18:21:10 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262080AbUCXXVK (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Mar 2004 18:21:10 -0500 Received: from mail.tpgi.com.au ([203.12.160.100]:18823 "EHLO mail5.tpgi.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262193AbUCXXVG (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Mar 2004 18:21:06 -0500 Subject: Re: [Swsusp-devel] lzf license From: Nigel Cunningham Reply-To: ncunningham@users.sourceforge.net To: Marc Lehmann Cc: Arjan van de Ven , Cameron Patrick , Michael Frank , Pavel Machek , Software Suspend - Mailing Lists , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20040322182121.GA21521@schmorp.de> References: <20040322094053.GO16890@patrick.wattle.id.au> <1079948988.5296.8.camel@laptop.fenrus.com> <20040322182121.GA21521@schmorp.de> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1080166848.2628.3.camel@calvin.wpcb.org.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5-2.norlug Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 10:20:48 +1200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-TPG-Antivirus: Passed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1903 Lines: 48 Hi. I'm not sure what the verdict is in the end. Do we need changes to the license? If so, could you send me a patch, Marc? Regards, Nigel On Tue, 2004-03-23 at 06:21, Marc Lehmann wrote: > On Mon, Mar 22, 2004 at 10:49:48AM +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > > The licence so described looks to me the same as LZF's licence. > > > > however at least I would prefer the author to dual license it ANYWAY, > > because compression stuff generally is riddled with patents; the author > > GPL licensing it at least gives all users a license of the authors > > patents (if any). > > I would like to avoid dual-licensing and instead change the existing > license to suit any needs, if at all possible. (Note that relicensing > should be possible, at least this was my original goal). > > If patents are an issue, how about adding this: > > 4. The author is unaware of any existing patents and disclaims any > patents, or other restrictions, on the LZF algorithm or this > implementation. > > I would add this clause to both future lzf distributions as well as the > file that is part of the lzf patch. > > If there are unavoidable reasons why the GPL is required, then I'd bite > the bullet and dual-license it, in the hope that further bugfixes or > modifications will be contributed under both licenses. -- Nigel Cunningham C/- Westminster Presbyterian Church Belconnen 61 Templeton Street, Cook, ACT 2614. +61 (2) 6251 7727(wk); +61 (2) 6253 0250 (home) Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby infinitely improbable events occur with alarming frequency, order arises from chaos, and no one is given credit. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/