Linux kernel complete licence check, Q.21

2002-12-10 Thread Giacomo A. Catenazzi

/*
 * if_ppp.h - Point-to-Point Protocol definitions.
 *
 * Copyright (c) 1989 Carnegie Mellon University.
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
 * provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are
 * duplicated in all such forms and that any documentation,
 * advertising materials, and other materials related to such
 * distribution and use acknowledge that the software was developed
 * by Carnegie Mellon University.  The name of the
 * University may not be used to endorse or promote products derived
 * from this software without specific prior written permission.
 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
 * IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
 * WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 *
 */

Should Debian include an aknowledge in every our publications, HOWTO,...
and put some extra line in every binary kernel package?

ciao
giacomo



Re: Linux kernel complete licence check, Q.21

2002-12-11 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
On Tue, 2002-12-10 at 08:00, Giacomo A. Catenazzi wrote:

> Should Debian include an aknowledge in every our publications, HOWTO,...
> and put some extra line in every binary kernel package?

That one does look like a problem. In the least, it isn't GPL
compatible; in the most, it violates DFSG 9.


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