Re: [PATCH] crypto: clarify licensing of OpenSSL asm code

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On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 12:35:11PM -0700, Adam Langley wrote:
> Several source files have been taken from OpenSSL. In some of them a
> comment that "permission to use under GPL terms is granted" was
> included below a contradictory license statement. In several cases,
> there was no indication that the license of the code was compatible
> with the GPLv2.
> 
> This change clarifies the licensing for all of these files. I've
> confirmed with the author (Andy Polyakov) that a) he has licensed the
> files with the GPLv2 comment under that license and b) that he's also
> happy to license the other files under GPLv2 too. In one case, the
> file is already contained in his CRYPTOGAMS bundle, which has a GPLv2
> option, and so no special measures are needed.
> 
> In all cases, the license status of code has been clarified by making
> the GPLv2 license prominent.
> 
> The .S files have been regenerated from the updated .pl files.
> 
> This is a comment-only change. No code is changed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Adam Langley <agl@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Patch applied.  Thanks.
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