Thanks, that was my concern!
On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 6:32 PM, Richard Fontana <rfont...@redhat.com> wrote: > On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:18:02 -0800 > Julius Davies <juliusdav...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> GPLv2,GPLv2+ >> wireshark-1.2.2/epan/dissectors/packet-dlm3.c >> >> >> GPLv3+ >> wireshark-1.2.2/tools/pidl/lib/Parse/Pidl/Samba4/Template.pm >> >> >> >> The strict GPLv2 in packet-dlm3.c is coming from this: >> >> >> /* >> * #defines are mostly copied from >> * *.[ch] files in linux/fs/dlm/ and linux/include/linux/dlm.h >> * >> * dlm_internal.h: >> * >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ** Copyright (C) Sistina Software, Inc. 1997-2003 All rights >> reserved. ** Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Red Hat, Inc. All rights >> reserved. ** ** This copyrighted material is made available to >> anyone wishing to use, ** modify, copy, or redistribute it subject >> to the terms and conditions ** of the GNU General Public License v.2. >> * >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >> */ > > If your concern is that the "GPLv2-only" notice on dlm_internal.h is > causing a GPLv2/GPLv3 license incompatibility here (I have no opinion > on that issue) - to the extent that Red Hat holds copyright in that > code (including Sistina copyrights acquired by Red Hat), it is > available as "GPLv2 or later", despite what the notice says. > > Cheers, > Richard > > > -- > Richard E. Fontana > Open Source Licensing and Patent Counsel > Red Hat, Inc. > > -- yours, Julius Davies 250-592-2284 (Home) 250-893-4579 (Mobile) http://juliusdavies.ca/logging.html _______________________________________________ Fedora-legal-list mailing list Fedora-legal-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-legal-list
