Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 25 Mar 2004 15:26:54 +0100 | From | Marc Lehmann <> | Subject | Re: [Swsusp-devel] lzf license |
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On Thu, Mar 25, 2004 at 10:20:48AM +1200, Nigel Cunningham <ncunningham@users.sourceforge.net> wrote: > I'm not sure what the verdict is in the end. Do we need changes to the > license? If so, could you send me a patch, Marc?
I have no idea. I made an offer on how to change the license, if that isn't ok, I'd like to hear.
On Thu, Mar 25, 2004 at 12:47:37PM +0100, Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> wrote: > Linking BSD w/o advertising with kernel is okay, but it would taint > the kernel, and is bad idea w.r.t. patents, anyway. Dual BSD/GPL is > better way to go.
Well, if there is any problem with relicensing the code as GPL, let me know. I offered to change the license to make this smoother, but lots of kernel code came from a bsd license and was relicensed before.
If there are problems with that, I'd like to hear. I see no point in keeping the code out just because it isn't gpl, but I don't see a point in making the original distribution dual licensed for no reason. (and, as I said, there is lots of bsd-derived code in the kernel and I am _really_ keen on getting rid of any problems that forbid relicensing).
I am now back from the cebit and much more responsive, btw.
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