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On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 08:16:22PM -0500, Richard Freeman wrote: |
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> On 12/28/2009 05:53 PM, Robin H. Johnson wrote: |
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>> You're wrong there. The kernel does contain additional licenses, and |
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>> EXPLICITLY mentions them. Go and read 'firmware/WHENCE'. |
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>> The licenses listed therein range from use-permitted only |
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>> no-modification, to GPL-compliant and BSD-like. |
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> I stand corrected. Somebody should tell Linus that his readme/copying is a |
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> bit misleading. They really shouldn't bury licenses in subdirectories. |
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No, the readme/copying is correct, it covers all of the code that runs |
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on the processor as one body of work. Firmware blobs are different in |
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that they do not run in the same processor, and can be of a different |
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license. |
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thanks, |
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greg k-h |
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