Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 13 May 2007 13:59:37 +0200 | From | "Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Add LZO1X compression support to the kernel |
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Richard Purdie wrote: > On Sat, 2007-05-12 at 09:47 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: >> On Sat, 12 May 2007 16:17:35 +0100 Richard Purdie <richard@openedhand.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. > > Section 11b says I can submit it but I've asked the author about a > signed off by line (he's cc'd) for the alleviation of any doubt.
I agree that the comment does conflict with the GPL. Just to avoid any doubts, LZO _is_ GPL v2, and I will fix that comment for the next version. Please accept my signed-off-by for Richard's kernel patch in the meantime.
Signed-off-by: Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer <markus@oberhumer.com>
~Markus
> > Cheers, > > Richard > >
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