Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 2 Aug 2008 21:58:50 +0900 | From | Komuro <> | Subject | RE: GPL / MPL license issues. |
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Hi,
sorry for reply to 1-year-old message.
I heard original developer of these code (David Hinds) have agreed to change the license to GPL.
Best Regards Komuro
>List: linux-kernel >Subject: GPL / MPL license issues. >From: Dave Jones <davej () redhat ! com> >Date: 2007-08-07 20:27:58 > >There are a number of files in the kernel that have in their >headers a notice that the file is under the Mozilla Public License, >which alone, is incompatible with the GPL. > >This itself is fine, as long as the resulting code claims >to be Dual MPL/GPL, however there are a few cases where this >doesn't seem to be happening. > >drivers/pcmcia/soc_common.c gets linked into >drivers/pcmcia/pxa2xx_core.o, which seems to end up with >a module license of "GPL". > >ricoh.h and o2micro.h are MPL, yet get included in >drivers/pcmcia/yenta_socket.c which ends up as a "GPL" module. > >drivers/pcmcia/i82365.h is MPL, yet gets included in the following >GPL only drivers .. > drivers/pcmcia/i82092.c > drivers/pcmcia/pd6729.c > drivers/pcmcia/vrc4171_card.c > drivers/pcmcia/yenta_socket.c > >drivers/pcmcia/pd6729.c is MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"), yet includes >the MPL'd 'cirrus.h' > >drivers/serial/serial_cs.c labels itself as MPL/GPL, yet >has a MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"). > >drivers/scsi/pcmcia/qlogic_stub.c does the same. > >I may have missed some others, but this is what turned up from >some simple grepping. > >I've got patches fixing up some of the simpler cases changing >the "GPL" to "Dual MPL/GPL", but I want to be sure I'm not >barking up the wrong tree first. > >comments? > > Dave
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