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Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 09:47:10 -0700 From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> To: Richard Purdie <richard@...nedhand.com> Cc: Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add LZO1X compression support to the kernel On Sat, 12 May 2007 16:17:35 +0100 Richard Purdie <richard@...nedhand.com> wrote: > 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. > It would be ideal if the author of that code could send us a signed-off-by: as per secton 11 of Documentation/SubmittingPatches. - 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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