On Wed 8 Jul 2009 11:51, Wolfgang Denk pondered: > > 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...
GPLv2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt) states: > 6. [snip] You may not impose any further restrictions on the recipients' > exercise of the rights granted herein. [snip] I think that is pretty clear. The IBM notice is not GPL2 compatible - since it places additional restrictions on the end user. In fact, in looking closer - the patent license are completely incompatible... IBM: > * No license under IBM patents or > * patent applications is to be implied by the copyright license. GPLv2: > if a patent license would not permit royalty-free redistribution of the > Program by all those who receive copies directly or indirectly through > you, then the only way you could satisfy both it and this License would > be to refrain entirely from distribution of the Program. However - your milage may vary - I'm not a lawyer - Anyone who looks to technical mailing lists for licensing compatibility questions is going to get bad advice. This may be one of those times... -Robin _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
