Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:15:23 -0500 (EST) | From | Tim Abbott <> | Subject | Re: Licensing on lib/bsearch.c? |
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On Thu, 19 Nov 2009, Rusty Russell wrote:
> Hi Tim, Andre, > > I note that the license header on lib/bsearch.c is GPLv2. I wanted to > steal it for SAMBA, which is GPLv3. This is one reason all my kernel code is > v2 or later. > > If you don't have strong objections, could you send something like the > following so I don't have to reimplement and re-test?
Rusty,
I'd be happy to release it under a more permissive license.
-Tim Abbott
bsearch: relicense under MIT/X11 license.
Rusty asked nicely.
Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <tabbott@ksplice.com> --- lib/bsearch.c | 22 +++++++++++++++++++--- 1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/bsearch.c b/lib/bsearch.c index 4297c98..5555bb2 100644 --- a/lib/bsearch.c +++ b/lib/bsearch.c @@ -4,9 +4,25 @@ * Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Ksplice, Inc. * Author: Tim Abbott <tabbott@ksplice.com> * - * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or - * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as - * published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2. + * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person + * obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files + * (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, + * including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, + * publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, + * and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, + * subject to the following conditions: + * + * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be + * included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. + * + * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, + * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF + * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND + * NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS + * BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN + * ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN + * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE + * SOFTWARE. */ #include <linux/module.h> -- 1.6.5.2
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