On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 01:49:46PM +0200, Nedeljko Babic wrote: > Add doc/mips.txt document with short explanation regarding targeted > platform for MIPS optimizations and regarding MIPS copyright notice. > > --- /dev/null > +++ b/doc/mips.txt > @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ > + > +Along with Libav copyright notice, there is MIPS copyright notice in > +all the files that are created by people from MIPS Technologies. > + > +Example of copyright notice: > +=============================================== > +/* > + * Copyright (c) 2012 > + * MIPS Technologies, Inc., California. > + * > + * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without > + * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions > + * are met: > + * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright > + * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. > + * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright > + * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the > + * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. > + * 3. Neither the name of the MIPS Technologies, Inc., nor the names of its > + * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from > + * this software without specific prior written permission.
This combined license creates problems for all downstream recipients, which must now follow both licenses. In this case, add a number of notices to their documentation. What is the problem with releasing your code under just one of the two licenses? Just using the LGPL would be fine, if you are looking for a gift-style license, I would suggest the ISC license, which is so simple I can easily quote it here in full: Copyright (c) Year(s), Company or Person's Name <E-mail address> Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. Diego _______________________________________________ libav-devel mailing list libav-devel@libav.org https://lists.libav.org/mailman/listinfo/libav-devel
