On 14-08-28 06:24 AM, Tom Rini wrote:
On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 09:04:09AM +0200, Lukasz Majewski wrote:
Hi Steve,
On 14-08-26 02:14 AM, Lukasz Majewski wrote:
Hi Steve,
On 14-08-25 07:57 AM, Lukasz Majewski wrote:
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Is fair as I know bsd-3L-clause license is compatible with GPL.
However, to be 100% sure I'd like to ask Tom (as he has much more legal experience than me) to confirm that this code can be added to u-boot.
OK -- note that this "bsd-3L-clause" clause is almost identical to the existing "bsd-3-clause"....
Tom, could you give your opinion on this?
So, upstream made a slight (and likely unintentional) change to the normal BSD 3 clause license and changed the last clause from "the copyright holders" to "The Linux Foundation". I've poked our legal dept about this but I suspect the best answer is to go back up to Android folks and ask them to fix this quite likely unintentional change.
Actually, there are three diffs, and I am thinking that they were intentional (especially the last one!):
$ diff bsd-3-clause.txt bsd-3L-clause.txt 5,6c5 < notice, this list of conditions, and the following disclaimer, < without modification. ---
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
10,12c9,12 < 3. The names of the above-listed copyright holders may not be used < to endorse or promote products derived from this software without < specific prior written permission. ---
- Neither the name of The Linux Foundation nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
16,17c16,17 < THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR < PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR ---
THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE AND
NON-INFRINGEMENT ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR
So, would U-Boot accept this BSD-3L-Clause, or should I contact Colin Cross to attempt to get a BSD-3-Clause version, or ????
Thanks, Steve