Wolfgang Denk <w...@denx.de> schrieb am Di., 30. Okt. 2018, 09:46: > Dear Joe, > > In message <CANr=Z=a1+UFV+gU=3a5wPz7UpH-mzsvB-+FZd= > ld8jtxr3g...@mail.gmail.com> you wrote: > > > > > As the maintainer of lwIP, I already have thought about this more than > > > once. My main concern however was the license (lwIP is BSD style) and > > > > Yes, the license is a concern. I'm not a lawyer, but maybe someone can > > comment on what our options are here. Wolfgang? Tom? > > IANAL... > > Fact is, we already have some 80+ source files in U-Boot which are > covered by the BSD-3-Clause license. Apparently there are also > statements from the FSF that BSD-3-Clause is considered compatible > with GPLv2. > > My _personal_ opinion is that I try to avoid BSD-3-Clause because of > both the: > > 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above > copyright notice, this list of conditions and the > following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other > materials provided with the distribution. > > and the > > 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or > promote products derived from this software without > specific prior written permission. > > clauses. > > The former forces me to add "some text" to all documentation, and > the latter forbids me to say who wrote the code as this might be > considered promotion of the product. Both are obligations I have > to adhere to, while GPL clearly says "You may not impose any further > restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights granted > herein." So in my opinion BSD-3-Clause should be avoided - but > then, this is just my $0.02 - YMMV. > > I take chances to have lwIP relicenced under a dual license (GPLv2 > OR BSD-3-Clause) are epsilon? >
Given that I am not the only author but lwIP has a long history of contributors, I don't know how I should handle such a license change... Simon _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de https://lists.denx.de/listinfo/u-boot
