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Message-Id: <1178983055.5831.3.camel@localhost.localdomain>
Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 16:17:35 +0100
From: Richard Purdie <richard@...nedhand.com>
To: Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
akpm <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, torvalds@...l.org,
David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add LZO1X compression support to the kernel
On Sat, 2007-05-12 at 13:17 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Wed, May 02, 2007 at 09:56:23AM +0100, Richard Purdie wrote:
> >...
> > I've asked the LZO author about the comments on lzo_copyright function
> > but the code is GPLv2 licensed so is suitable for inclusion in the
> > kernel.
>
> This sounds as if LZO is GPL incompatible similar to code under
> the 4 clause BSD licence.
>
> >...
> > +/* If you use the LZO library in a product, you *must* keep this
> > + * copyright string in the executable of your product.
> > + */
I've had a reply from the copyright holder/author saying he's going to
change this wording in the next LZO release and that the code *is* GPLv2
licensed as per the headers on the files.
Regards,
Richard
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