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Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 10:25:34 +0200 From: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz> To: kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, cramerj@...el.com, john.ronciak@...el.com, jesse.brandeburg@...el.com, jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com Subject: e1000 driver contains private copy of GPL... and modified one, too Hi! Okay, so modifications are not major: different address of free software foundation, completely different formatting, some characters added, and some characters removed. It no longer contains Linus' clarifications. --- LICENSE 2006-07-21 05:42:27.000000000 +0200 +++ ../../../COPYING 2006-07-21 05:42:27.000000000 +0200 @@ -1,128 +1,141 @@ -"This software program is licensed subject to the GNU General Public License -(GPL). Version 2, June 1991, available at -<http://www.fsf.org/copyleft/gpl.html>" + NOTE! This copyright does *not* cover user programs that use kernel + services by normal system calls - this is merely considered normal use + of the kernel, and does *not* fall under the heading of "derived work". + Also note that the GPL below is copyrighted by the Free Software + Foundation, but the instance of code that it refers to (the Linux + kernel) is copyrighted by me and others who actually wrote it. + + Also note that the only valid version of the GPL as far as the kernel + is concerned is _this_ particular version of the license (ie v2, not + v2.2 or v3.x or whatever), unless explicitly otherwise stated. -GNU General Public License + Linus Torvalds +---------------------------------------- + + GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2, June 1991 Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. -59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA - -Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license -document, but changing it is not allowed. + 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA + Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies + of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. Preamble Missing line in Intel's version: -The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution and modification -follow. + The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution and +modification follow. + GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION For some reason Intel's version likes stars: - * a) Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable source - code, which must be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 - above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or, + a) Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable + source code, which must be distributed under the terms of Sections + 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or, ...and hates ^Ls and <,>s. Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program -'Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker. + `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker. -signature of Ty Coon, 1 April 1989 + <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989 Ty Coon, President of Vice Now... I believe nothing evil is going on, but having two slightly different copies of GPL in one source seems wrong, can we get rid of e1000 one? Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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