Re: [RFC PATCH 1/2] Initial version of the RDS-decoder library Signed-off-by: Konke Radlow <kradlow@xxxxxxxxx>

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On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu 26 July 2012 16:28:20 Ezequiel Garcia wrote:
>> Hi Konke,
>>
>> > +
>> > +libv4l2rds_la_SOURCES = libv4l2rds.c
>> > +libv4l2rds_la_CPPFLAGS = -fvisibility=hidden $(ENFORCE_LIBV4L_STATIC) -std=c99
>> > +libv4l2rds_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 0 -lpthread $(DLOPEN_LIBS) $(ENFORCE_LIBV4L_STATIC)
>> > diff --git a/lib/libv4l2rds/libv4l2rds.c b/lib/libv4l2rds/libv4l2rds.c
>> > new file mode 100644
>> > index 0000000..0bacaa2
>> > --- /dev/null
>> > +++ b/lib/libv4l2rds/libv4l2rds.c
>> > @@ -0,0 +1,871 @@
>> > +/*
>> > + * Copyright 2012 Cisco Systems, Inc. and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
>> [snip]
>> > + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
>>
>> Just a -probably silly- question...
>>
>> How can it be "free software" yet claim "All rights reserved" ? Is this correct?
>
> Yeah, it's correct. I had the same question when I was told that this was the
> correct phrase to use. Check other copyright lines in the kernel and you'll see
> the same line.
>
> Since it is covered by the LGPLv2 license there aren't many rights to reserve :-)
>
> The only right there is in practice is the right to decide whether or not to
> allow other licenses as well.
>

For some reason, I must read this several times before really catching it.

Thanks for the explanation,
Ezequiel.
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