Re: Bug#919356: Licensing of include/linux/hash.h

2019-02-12 Thread Ben Finney
Jens Axboe writes: > On 2/11/19 11:27 PM, Ben Finney wrote: > > If, on the other hand, the file is to be free software, there would need > > to be a clear grant of some free software license to that work. > > FWIW, fio.c includes the following mention: > > * The license below covers all files

Re: Bug#919356: Licensing of include/linux/hash.h

2019-02-12 Thread Martin Steigerwald
On 2/11/19 11:27 PM, Ben Finney wrote: > Martin Steigerwald writes: > >> Well the file has in its header: >> >> /* Fast hashing routine for a long. >>(C) 2002 William Lee Irwin III, IBM */ >> >> /* >> * Knuth recommends primes in approximately golden ratio to the maximum >> * integer

Re: Bug#919356: Licensing of include/linux/hash.h

2019-02-12 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Jens Axboe - 12.02.19, 17:16: > On 2/11/19 11:27 PM, Ben Finney wrote: > > Martin Steigerwald writes: > >> Well the file has in its header: > >> > >> /* Fast hashing routine for a long. > >> > >>(C) 2002 William Lee Irwin III, IBM */ > >> > >> /* > >> > >> * Knuth recommends primes in

Re: Bug#919356: Licensing of include/linux/hash.h

2019-02-12 Thread Jens Axboe
On 2/11/19 11:27 PM, Ben Finney wrote: > Martin Steigerwald writes: > >> Well the file has in its header: >> >> /* Fast hashing routine for a long. >>(C) 2002 William Lee Irwin III, IBM */ >> >> /* >> * Knuth recommends primes in approximately golden ratio to the maximum >> * integer

Re: Bug#919356: Licensing of include/linux/hash.h

2019-02-11 Thread Ben Finney
Martin Steigerwald writes: > Well the file has in its header: > > /* Fast hashing routine for a long. >(C) 2002 William Lee Irwin III, IBM */ > > /* > * Knuth recommends primes in approximately golden ratio to the maximum > * integer representable by a machine word for multiplicative

Re: Bug#919356: Licensing of include/linux/hash.h

2019-02-11 Thread Ben Finney
Martin Steigerwald writes: > Well the file has in its header: > > /* Fast hashing routine for a long. >(C) 2002 William Lee Irwin III, IBM */ > > /* > * Knuth recommends primes in approximately golden ratio to the maximum > * integer representable by a machine word for multiplicative

Re: Bug#919356: Licensing of include/linux/hash.h

2019-02-11 Thread Ben Finney
Martin Steigerwald writes: > Well the file has in its header: > > /* Fast hashing routine for a long. >(C) 2002 William Lee Irwin III, IBM */ > > /* > * Knuth recommends primes in approximately golden ratio to the maximum > * integer representable by a machine word for multiplicative