Yeah, this was my thought, too, since I found no permission to use this file in 
a project.

The best thing should be to ask the upstream author to replace the file, 
shouldn't it?

Jan

Am 1. Juni 2016 00:57:43 MESZ, schrieb Riley Baird 
<bm-2cvqnduybau5do2dfjtrn7zbaj246s4...@bitmessage.ch>:
>On Tue, 31 May 2016 23:51:52 +0200
>Jan Luca Naumann <j.naum...@fu-berlin.de> wrote:
>
>> Hey,
>> 
>> I want to package the tool sedutil
>> (https://github.com/Drive-Trust-Alliance/sedutil).
>> 
>> When writing the debian/copyright file I found a possible file that
>> could be problematic to be used together with GPL-3 code:
>>
>https://github.com/Drive-Trust-Alliance/sedutil/blob/master/Common/log.h
>> 
>> Is this a file a problem or can it be used and distributed under the
>> terms of GPL-3+?
>
>It seems like it's a problem as it is a derivative work of Dr. Dobb's,
>which just says "All rights reserved".

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