Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Licensing nit in glibc-kernheaders-2.4 | Date | Mon, 29 Nov 2004 13:30:30 -0500 | From | "Foster, Glen A" <> |
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This is truly a nit, I just ran across it by accident. I filed a bug against RH glibc-kernheaders and I was told to file the problem report upstream by sending email to linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org and cc: the developer -- so I added the one e-mail address in the file under question.
In glibc-kernheaders-2.4, the file usr/include/linux/sdla_chdlc.h has a boiler-plate license template that *almost* matches the one in the GNU GPL, but there's a mis-spelling that some day should be corrected. This *is* a nit but could stand to be fixed; I certainly think it could wait for an update.
Lines 9-12 of usr/include/linux/sdla_chdlc.h are:
<excerpt> This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the term of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. </excerpt>
This is almost exactly the boiler-plate needed for a correct licensing reference to the GNU GPL, but not quite. Line ten should be changed to use the word "terms" instead of "term", as (a) there is more than one term to the GPL that must be adhered to, and (b) the GPL mentions specifically that the wording of said reference cannot be modified - and it has been modified.
Thanks in advance for your consideration. Best regards,
Glen A. Foster Hewlett-Packard Company Linux and Open Source Lab - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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