On Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 08:54:13PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > Hi, I'm considering including your IxNpeMicrocode.h file in Debian, and > using it to build microcode files for the NSLU2, as you can see here: > http://bugs.debian.org/464954 > > While I was reviewing the licenses, I found a problem. Your > IxNpeMicrocode.h is GPL licensed. But it is #included from > IxNpeMicrocode.c, which of course is not GPLed code. My analysis of > Intel's license is that it's not compatible with the GPL -- the GPL does > not give me the right to link Intel's non-free code together with your > GPLed code. > > Clearly you intend for IxNpeMicrocode.h to be linked into > IxNpeMicrocode.c, though. Can I suggest that you amend the license of > the file to make it clear that we're allowed to do so? One way to do it > would be to change the license to a BSD license, as code under a BSD > license can be linked to any other code, with no problems. Or, the > license could be left GPL, but with an exception added, such as: > > As a special exception, this program may be linked with Intel's > XP400 NPE Microcode Image file (IxNpeMicrocode.c), despite that > file's more restrictive license. > > I hope this makes sense and that this issue doesn't prevent me from > including the ixp microcode in Debian non-free.
I changed the licence and added the proposed exception. Available at: http://git.hohnstaedt.de/ixp_npe/IxNpeMicrocode.h best regards Christian -- Christian Hohnstaedt / Software Engineer Innominate Security Technologies AG / protecting industrial networks tel: +49.30.6392-3285 / fax: +49.30.6392-3307 Albert-Einstein-Str. 14, D-12489 Berlin / http://www.innominate.com Register Court: AG Charlottenburg, HR B 81603 Management Board: Joachim Fietz, Dirk Seewald Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Edward M. Stadum -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
