[U-Boot] Copyright/License text in cpu/ppc4xx/4xx_pci.c
Stefan Roese
sr at denx.de
Wed Jul 8 16:31:11 CEST 2009
On Wednesday 08 July 2009 16:21:51 Matthias Fuchs wrote:
> > > So can we replace the header with the widely used GPL template?
> >
> > I'm not sure here. The paragraph clearly states:
> >
> > * Any person who transfers this source code or any derivative work
> > * must include the IBM copyright notice, this paragraph, and the
> > * preceding two paragraphs in the transferred software.
> >
> > So even if the current version has not much in common with the original
> > version (IIRC cloned from IBM PIBS), we still have to carry it with us.
> > At least this is how I interpret it.
>
> But we could prepend the typical header which brings us to something like
> this:
>
> /*
> * (C) Copyright 1998, Mark Game
> * (C) Copyright 1995, IBM Corporation
> *
> * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
> * project.
> *
> * 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; either version 2 of
> * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> *
> * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
> * GNU General Public License for more details.
> *
> * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
> * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
> * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
> * MA 02111-1307 USA
> *
> *
> * This source code has been made available to you by IBM on an AS-IS
> * basis. Anyone receiving this source is licensed under IBM
> * copyrights to use it in any way he or she deems fit, including
> * copying it, modifying it, compiling it, and redistributing it either
> * with or without modifications. No license under IBM patents or
> * patent applications is to be implied by the copyright license.
> *
> * Any user of this software should understand that IBM cannot provide
> * technical support for this software and will not be responsible for
> * any consequences resulting from the use of this software.
> *
> * Any person who transfers this source code or any derivative work
> * must include the IBM copyright notice, this paragraph, and the
> * preceding two paragraphs in the transferred software.
> */
This should be ok. If nobody else opposes, please go ahead and send you
cleanup patch.
Best regards,
Stefan
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