>>>>> On Mon, 11 Feb 2019, Ulrich Mueller wrote: >>>>> On Mon, 11 Feb 2019, Domenico Andreoli wrote: >> On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 12:08:32AM +0100, Kristian Fiskerstrand wrote: >>> It was [pointed out] by one of our license group that [hash.h] is the >>> same that has a GPL-2+ in [fio] which has a signed-off-by. >>> >>> References: >>> [pointed out] >>> https://bugs.gentoo.org/677586#c1 >>> >>> [hash.h] >>> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/fio.git/commit/hash.h?id=bdc7211e190482f0c17c109a0d90834a6611be1c
>> Yes, the Signed-off-by is from Jens Axboe (in CC) but he's not the >> original author, I guess he just copied the file as Arnaldo did. The >> file he committed has not any reference to the license. >>> [fio] >>> https://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/main/f/fio/fio_3.12-2_copyright >> I'm afraid that this entry in wrong. I'll seek confirmation with >> Martin Steigerwald. > Not sure if this will help, but hash.h originally appeared in > Linux 2.5.7. In the following commit one can see that most of its code > was moved or copied from mm/filemap.c: > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tglx/history.git/commit/?id=882ad449046cec136c484dd2b3659fb4c683e0a3 > filemap.c has a copyright line by Linus, but git blame shows that > the relevant code was added in 2002 with a commit by Rik van Riel: > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tglx/history.git/commit/?id=e5191c50d12621e04f8bc247dcb6a0f4ad76ae26 > The relevant thread in LKML is here: > https://lkml.org/lkml/2002/2/18/1970 Sorry, that link should read: https://lkml.org/lkml/2002/2/18/197