On Wed, May 02, 2007 at 09:56:23AM +0100, Richard Purdie wrote: >... > I've asked the LZO author about the comments on lzo_copyright function > but the code is GPLv2 licensed so is suitable for inclusion in the > kernel.
This sounds as if LZO is GPL incompatible similar to code under the 4 clause BSD licence. >... > +/* If you use the LZO library in a product, you *must* keep this > + * copyright string in the executable of your product. > + */ > + > +const char __lzo_copyright[] = > +#if !defined(__LZO_IN_MINLZO) > + LZO_VERSION_STRING; > +#else > + "\r\n\n" > + "LZO data compression library.\n" > + "$Copyright: LZO (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, > 2004, 2005 Markus Franz Xaver Johannes Oberhumer\n" > + "<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>\n" > + "http://www.oberhumer.com $\n\n" > + "$Id: LZO version: v" LZO_VERSION_STRING ", " LZO_VERSION_DATE " $\n" > + "$Built: " __DATE__ " " __TIME__ " $\n" > +#endif >... cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
