linux-kernel - Re: e1000 driver contains private copy of GPL... and modified one, too

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Date:	Mon, 28 Aug 2006 18:25:39 +0200
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Auke Kok <auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com>, jakub@...hat.com,
	davem@...hat.com
Cc:	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, john.ronciak@...el.com,
	jesse.brandeburg@...el.com
Subject: Re: 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 @@

> >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?
> 
> I'll ask around here and see if this doesn't make people cringe. Meanwhile 
> Pavel should examine sound/oss/COPYING and arch/sparc/lib/COPYING.LIB too :)

Hehe, okay, going after them.

sparc64 lib:  this is actually LGPL, but I'm not sure what it applies
to. If specific files are under LGPL, I guess they should say that in
headers... Plus, not *all* files seems like LGPLed to me:

atomic32.c: * Based on asm-parisc/atomic.h Copyright (C) 2000 Philipp Rumpf

...I do not think atomic.h from parisc was LGPL. Dave?

oss/COPYING... I guess we can just remove that one. I do not think we
have maintainer for OSS. Should I submit deleting patch for Andrew, or
Andrew, can you just rm sound/oss/COPYING?
								Pavel
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