Hello list, I have just read the Plans for I2C Tools 4 and I saw that Jean (khali) intends to release the new libi2c under the LGPL. I wonder, however, if that is legally possible, since the functions in i2c-dev.h are subject to the GPL, and only the original implementor is allowed to change the licensing terms if I understand the GPL correctly (the file was originally added in the i2c-tools repository by Kyo:sti (kmalkki), but he may have copied the functions from somewhere else). The only ways I see to change the licensing are the following: 1) GPL'd code can be relicensed as LGPL by any user (I don't think it's possible); 2) Kyo:sti wrote the code, so he should give his written permission to relicense; 3) Kyo:sti copied the code, so the original author should be tracked down and asked to give his written permission to relicense. This process should be performed for all the code that is to be relicensed as LGPL. What do you think? Disclaimer: IANAL. Thanks, Mihai Buha -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-i2c" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
