* Michal Simek <michal.simek@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I've also done a (quick) license scan and there's this one file i > > found: > > > > arch/microblaze/kernel/hw_exception_handler.S > > > > * Copyright (C) 2004 Xilinx, Inc. All rights reserved. > > * > > * Xilinx, Inc. > > * XILINX IS PROVIDING THIS DESIGN, CODE, OR INFORMATION "AS IS" AS A > > * COURTESY TO YOU.BY PROVIDING THIS DESIGN, CODE, OR INFORMATION AS > > * ONE POSSIBLE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS FEATURE, APPLICATION OR > > * STANDARD, XILINX IS MAKING NO REPRESENTATION THAT THIS IMPLEMENTATION > > * IS FREE FROM ANY CLAIMS OF INFRINGEMENT, AND YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE > > * FOR OBTAINING ANY RIGHTS YOU MAY REQUIRE FOR YOUR IMPLEMENTATION. > > > > That is an all rights reserved copyrighted file, and i'm not sure > > the above constitutes a GPLv2 compatible license. It would be less > > ambigious to add what you do in the other places instead, something > > like: > > > > * (C) Copyright 2004 Xilinx, Inc. > > * > > * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it > > * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published > > * by the Free Software Foundation. > > > This is no my license. I'll ask a Xilinx guys for permission to change > it for this file. > John L, Stephen: Could I change the license as Ingo suggested? Note that there's a couple of other Xilinx files in the upstream kernel tree already that could serve as a template: drivers/char/xilinx_hwicap/buffer_icap.c: * XILINX IS PROVIDING THIS DESIGN, CODE, OR INFORMATION "AS IS" drivers/char/xilinx_hwicap/buffer_icap.h: * XILINX IS PROVIDING THIS DESIGN, CODE, OR INFORMATION "AS IS" drivers/char/xilinx_hwicap/fifo_icap.c: * XILINX IS PROVIDING THIS DESIGN, CODE, OR INFORMATION "AS IS" drivers/char/xilinx_hwicap/fifo_icap.h: * XILINX IS PROVIDING THIS DESIGN, CODE, OR INFORMATION "AS IS" drivers/char/xilinx_hwicap/xilinx_hwicap.c: * XILINX IS PROVIDING THIS DESIGN, CODE, OR INFORMATION "AS IS" drivers/char/xilinx_hwicap/xilinx_hwicap.h: * XILINX IS PROVIDING THIS DESIGN, CODE, OR INFORMATION "AS IS" Those files carry this as-is no-warrantes notice plus also a GPLv2 notice: /***************************************************************************** * * Author: Xilinx, Inc. * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the * Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your * option) any later version. * * XILINX IS PROVIDING THIS DESIGN, CODE, OR INFORMATION "AS IS" * AS A COURTESY TO YOU, SOLELY FOR USE IN DEVELOPING PROGRAMS AND * SOLUTIONS FOR XILINX DEVICES. BY PROVIDING THIS DESIGN, CODE, * OR INFORMATION AS ONE POSSIBLE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS FEATURE, * APPLICATION OR STANDARD, XILINX IS MAKING NO REPRESENTATION * THAT THIS IMPLEMENTATION IS FREE FROM ANY CLAIMS OF INFRINGEMENT, * AND YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OBTAINING ANY RIGHTS YOU MAY REQUIRE * FOR YOUR IMPLEMENTATION. XILINX EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY * WARRANTY WHATSOEVER WITH RESPECT TO THE ADEQUACY OF THE * IMPLEMENTATION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OR * REPRESENTATIONS THAT THIS IMPLEMENTATION IS FREE FROM CLAIMS OF * INFRINGEMENT, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. * * (c) Copyright 2003-2008 Xilinx Inc. * All rights reserved. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., * 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. * *****************************************************************************/ Ingo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arch" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
