Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756478AbZC0M0B (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:26:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752425AbZC0MZu (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:25:50 -0400 Received: from mx3.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.1.138]:55451 "EHLO mx3.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751317AbZC0MZt (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:25:49 -0400 Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:25:18 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Michal Simek Cc: Michal Simek , Alan Cox , torvalds@linux-foundation.org, Linux Kernel list , lkml , microblaze-uclinux@itee.uq.edu.au, Andrew Morton , John Williams , John Linn , Stephen Neuendorffer , Thomas Gleixner , Randy Dunlap , Arnd Bergmann , Peter Korsgaard Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Microblaze initial pack Message-ID: <20090327122518.GB23023@elte.hu> References: <49CC8A41.4060503@monstr.eu> <20090327103032.GA12485@elte.hu> <49CCBA3F.6040703@petalogix.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <49CCBA3F.6040703@petalogix.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -0.7 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-0.7 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00,UPPERCASE_50_75 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.5 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] 0.8 UPPERCASE_50_75 message body is 50-75% uppercase Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 4109 Lines: 84 * Michal Simek wrote: > > I've also done a (quick) license scan and there's this one file i > > found: > > > > arch/microblaze/kernel/hw_exception_handler.S > > > > * Copyright (C) 2004 Xilinx, Inc. All rights reserved. > > * > > * Xilinx, Inc. > > * XILINX IS PROVIDING THIS DESIGN, CODE, OR INFORMATION "AS IS" AS A > > * COURTESY TO YOU.BY PROVIDING THIS DESIGN, CODE, OR INFORMATION AS > > * ONE POSSIBLE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS FEATURE, APPLICATION OR > > * STANDARD, XILINX IS MAKING NO REPRESENTATION THAT THIS IMPLEMENTATION > > * IS FREE FROM ANY CLAIMS OF INFRINGEMENT, AND YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE > > * FOR OBTAINING ANY RIGHTS YOU MAY REQUIRE FOR YOUR IMPLEMENTATION. > > > > That is an all rights reserved copyrighted file, and i'm not sure > > the above constitutes a GPLv2 compatible license. It would be less > > ambigious to add what you do in the other places instead, something > > like: > > > > * (C) Copyright 2004 Xilinx, Inc. > > * > > * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it > > * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published > > * by the Free Software Foundation. > > > This is no my license. I'll ask a Xilinx guys for permission to change > it for this file. > John L, Stephen: Could I change the license as Ingo suggested? Note that there's a couple of other Xilinx files in the upstream kernel tree already that could serve as a template: drivers/char/xilinx_hwicap/buffer_icap.c: * XILINX IS PROVIDING THIS DESIGN, CODE, OR INFORMATION "AS IS" drivers/char/xilinx_hwicap/buffer_icap.h: * XILINX IS PROVIDING THIS DESIGN, CODE, OR INFORMATION "AS IS" drivers/char/xilinx_hwicap/fifo_icap.c: * XILINX IS PROVIDING THIS DESIGN, CODE, OR INFORMATION "AS IS" drivers/char/xilinx_hwicap/fifo_icap.h: * XILINX IS PROVIDING THIS DESIGN, CODE, OR INFORMATION "AS IS" drivers/char/xilinx_hwicap/xilinx_hwicap.c: * XILINX IS PROVIDING THIS DESIGN, CODE, OR INFORMATION "AS IS" drivers/char/xilinx_hwicap/xilinx_hwicap.h: * XILINX IS PROVIDING THIS DESIGN, CODE, OR INFORMATION "AS IS" Those files carry this as-is no-warrantes notice plus also a GPLv2 notice: /***************************************************************************** * * Author: Xilinx, Inc. * * 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. * * XILINX IS PROVIDING THIS DESIGN, CODE, OR INFORMATION "AS IS" * AS A COURTESY TO YOU, SOLELY FOR USE IN DEVELOPING PROGRAMS AND * SOLUTIONS FOR XILINX DEVICES. BY PROVIDING THIS DESIGN, CODE, * OR INFORMATION AS ONE POSSIBLE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS FEATURE, * APPLICATION OR STANDARD, XILINX IS MAKING NO REPRESENTATION * THAT THIS IMPLEMENTATION IS FREE FROM ANY CLAIMS OF INFRINGEMENT, * AND YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OBTAINING ANY RIGHTS YOU MAY REQUIRE * FOR YOUR IMPLEMENTATION. XILINX EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY * WARRANTY WHATSOEVER WITH RESPECT TO THE ADEQUACY OF THE * IMPLEMENTATION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OR * REPRESENTATIONS THAT THIS IMPLEMENTATION IS FREE FROM CLAIMS OF * INFRINGEMENT, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. * * (c) Copyright 2003-2008 Xilinx Inc. * All rights reserved. * * 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., * 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. * *****************************************************************************/ Ingo -- 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/