Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Subject | Re: Why are BSD-licensed LZ4 symbols GPL exported? | From | Joe Perches <> | Date | Tue, 20 Aug 2013 15:07:08 -0700 |
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On Tue, 2013-08-20 at 14:46 -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > Because your
Sorry, not your's but Matthew's.
I do think the MODULE_LICENSE should be "Dual BSD/GPL" instead of merely "GPL" if for no other reason than politeness to the original developer and the license at the top of the files.
* LZ4 - Fast LZ compression algorithm * Copyright (C) 2011-2012, Yann Collet. * BSD 2-Clause License (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php)
--- lib/lz4/lz4_compress.c | 2 +- lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c | 2 +- lib/lz4/lz4hc_compress.c | 2 +- 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/lz4/lz4_compress.c b/lib/lz4/lz4_compress.c index fd94058..a4001ee 100644 --- a/lib/lz4/lz4_compress.c +++ b/lib/lz4/lz4_compress.c @@ -439,5 +439,5 @@ exit: } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(lz4_compress); -MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); +MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL"); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("LZ4 compressor"); diff --git a/lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c b/lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c index d3414ea..c45e685 100644 --- a/lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c +++ b/lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c @@ -321,6 +321,6 @@ exit_0: #ifndef STATIC EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(lz4_decompress_unknownoutputsize); -MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); +MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL"); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("LZ4 Decompressor"); #endif diff --git a/lib/lz4/lz4hc_compress.c b/lib/lz4/lz4hc_compress.c index eb1a74f..59f26e6 100644 --- a/lib/lz4/lz4hc_compress.c +++ b/lib/lz4/lz4hc_compress.c @@ -535,5 +535,5 @@ exit: } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(lz4hc_compress); -MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); +MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL"); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("LZ4HC compressor");
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