Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 27 Jul 2012 15:59:00 +0100 | From | Russell King - ARM Linux <> | Subject | Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 02/24] xen/arm: hypercalls |
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On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 03:39:31PM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote: > On Fri, 2012-07-27 at 15:21 +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 02:02:18PM +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > > > > > +/****************************************************************************** > > > > > > + * hypercall.h > > > > > > + * > > > > > > + * Linux-specific hypervisor handling. > > > > > > + * > > > > > > + * Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>, Citrix, 2012 > > > > > > + * > > > > > > + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or > > > > > > + * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 > > > > > > + * as published by the Free Software Foundation; or, when distributed > > > > > > + * separately from the Linux kernel or incorporated into other > > > > > > + * software packages, subject to the following license: > > > > > > + * > > > > > > + * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy > > > > > > + * of this source file (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without > > > > Erm, is that an additional restriction on the GPL which prevents me from > > shipping this code on a CD and charging for the act of creating the CD > > and shipping it? That would technically make the above statement > > incompatible with the GPL. > > There's an "or" in there. > > The non-GPL alternative license is the standard one applied by upstream > Xen to the interface headers: > http://xenbits.xen.org/hg/xen-unstable.hg/file/tip/xen/include/public/COPYING > > It's the X11/MIT license IIRC, which the FSF say is GPL compatible. > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#X11License > > The same license is used a few other places in the kernel, e.g. the DRM > code.
Ok, but be aware that you won't be able to take code from the Linux kernel and place it in a file marked with that license header (because the code authors haven't given permission for it to be placed under any other license other than GPLv2.)
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