From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262400AbVGGPQf (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Jul 2005 11:16:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262394AbVGGPQe (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Jul 2005 11:16:34 -0400 Received: from mail.sanpeople.com ([196.41.13.122]:53005 "EHLO za-gw.sanpeople.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262103AbVGGPPS (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Jul 2005 11:15:18 -0400 Subject: Re: [RFC] Atmel-supplied hardware headers for AT91RM9200 SoC processor From: Andrew Victor To: David Woodhouse Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Russell King In-Reply-To: <1120747271.19467.388.camel@hades.cambridge.redhat.com> References: <1120730318.16806.75.camel@fuzzie.sanpeople.com> <1120747271.19467.388.camel@hades.cambridge.redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: SAN People (Pty) Ltd Message-Id: <1120749256.16806.146.camel@fuzzie.sanpeople.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 Date: 07 Jul 2005 17:14:16 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org hi David, > > +// - Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, > > +// this list of conditions and the disclaimer below in the documentation and/or > > +// other materials provided with the distribution. > > Is that for real? The hardware headers can't be GPL since they're also used on other non-Linux systems. The best we can probably get is a BSD-style license. Regarding the actual wording, try: grep -r "Redistributions in binary form" * | grep -v minimum I count 130 instances of the same requirement in 2.6.13-rc2, though some of the files are dual-licensed. Regards, Andrew Victor