[U-Boot] Copyright/License text in cpu/ppc4xx/4xx_pci.c

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Matthias Fuchs,

In message <200907081621.51898.matthias.fuchs at esd.eu> you wrote:
>
> > On Wednesday 08 July 2009 15:40:08 Matthias Fuchs wrote:
> > > I am just cleaning up cpu/ppc4xx/4xx_pci.c (mainly coding style stuff).
> > > I am wondering about the file's header. I think even when this code comes
> > > initially from IBM there is not much left from original IBM code.
> > 
> > Yes, this could be the case.
> > 
> > > 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:

You could do it, but you  are  eventually  not  permitted  to  do  it
legally.

The fact that you "must include the IBM copyright notice, this
paragraph, and the preceding two paragraphs in the transferred
software" may or may not be compatible with GPL - IANAL...

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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