Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 22 Mar 2004 17:40:53 +0800 | From | Cameron Patrick <> | Subject | Re: [Swsusp-devel] (no subject) |
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Hi all,
Michael Frank wrote:
| >+ * 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products | >+ * derived from this software without specific prior written permission. [...] | >This looks like BSD with advertising clause. I do not think you are | >allowed to link this with kernel. It does not follow kernel coding style. [...] | As said, BSD-only licensed code is _invalid_ to be linked with kernel code, | therefor swsusp2 will have to drop LZF alltogether unless you relicense it.
The licence above looks like BSD /without/ advertising clause, which is GPL compatible. Note that the (GPL-incompatible) advertising clause is the one that says "mention me in your advertising materials" whereas the above licence only requires mention in accompanying documentation and says /not/ to use the name of the author to promote derived works.
See also http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html, under "The modified BSD license":
This is the original BSD license, modified by removal of the advertising clause. It is a simple, permissive non-copyleft free software license, compatible with the GNU GPL.
The licence so described looks to me the same as LZF's licence.
Cheers,
Cameron.
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