Re: [PATCH] Add LZO1X compression support to the kernel

[Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer]

Richard Purdie wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-05-12 at 09:47 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Sat, 12 May 2007 16:17:35 +0100 Richard Purdie <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > On Sat, 2007-05-12 at 13:17 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > > > 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.
> > > > > + */
> > > I've had a reply from the copyright holder/author saying he's going to
> > > change this wording in the next LZO release and that the code *is* GPLv2
> > > licensed as per the headers on the files.
> > It would be ideal if the author of that code could send us a
> > signed-off-by: as per secton 11 of Documentation/SubmittingPatches.  
>
> Section 11b says I can submit it but I've asked the author about a
> signed off by line (he's cc'd) for the alleviation of any doubt.

I agree that the comment does conflict with the GPL. Just to avoid any doubts, 
LZO _is_ GPL v2, and I will fix that comment for the next version. Please 
accept my signed-off-by for Richard's kernel patch in the meantime.

  Signed-off-by: Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer <markus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

~Markus


> Cheers,
>
> Richard

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Markus Oberhumer, <markus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, http://www.oberhumer.com/
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