tg3: add license

PATCH In review Xose Vazquez Perez 2 participants 3 messages Nov 9, 2004

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Xose Vazquez Perez

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2004-11-09 10:59 UTC #0 lore raw

PATCH 1/1 tg3: add license

hi,

there is no license, yes it's GPL but...

-thanks-

drivers/net/tg3.c +20 -0

diff -Nuar o/drivers/net/tg3.c n/drivers/net/tg3.c
@@ -9,6 +9,26 @@
  * 	Copyright (C) 2000-2003 Broadcom Corporation.
  */
 
+/*
+ * This file is part of Linux.
+ *
+ * Linux 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.
+ *
+ * Linux is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with Linux; if not, write to:
+ *
+ *   Free Software Foundation Inc.
+ *   59 Temple Place, Suite 330
+ *   Boston MA  02111-1307  USA
+ */
+
 #include <linux/config.h>
 
 #include <linux/module.h>

drivers/net/tg3.h +21 -1

diff -Nuar o/drivers/net/tg3.h n/drivers/net/tg3.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: tg3.h,v 1.37.2.32 2002/03/11 12:18:18 davem Exp $
+/*
  * tg3.h: Definitions for Broadcom Tigon3 ethernet driver.
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 David S. Miller ([email protected])

@@ -6,6 +6,26 @@
  * Copyright (C) 2004 Sun Microsystems Inc.
  */
 
+/*
+ * This file is part of Linux.
+ *
+ * Linux 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.
+ *
+ * Linux is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with Linux; if not, write to:
+ *
+ *   Free Software Foundation Inc.
+ *   59 Temple Place, Suite 330
+ *   Boston MA  02111-1307  USA
+ */
+
 #ifndef _T3_H
 #define _T3_H

David S. Miller

2004-11-09 20:47 UTC #1 lore raw

Quoted 1 line · On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 11:59:58 +0100 Xose Vazquez Perez <[email protected]> wrote:

there is no license, yes it's GPL but...

Why add this, it's basically implied?
We have a copy of the file "COPYING" at the top of the source tree, which is why we don't duplicate it's contents nor excerpts all over the tree.

Xose Vazquez Perez

author

2004-11-09 22:45 UTC #2 lore raw

Quoted 1 line · David S. Miller

Why add this, it's basically implied?

Maybe it should be answered by a lawyer,
but it's better to protect our freedom because
law is very 'variable'.

Quoted 3 lines

We have a copy of the file "COPYING" at the top of the source tree, which is why we don't duplicate it's contents nor excerpts all over the tree.

This is not a duplicate, it's only an advertisement.

Long time ago Torvalds wrote at COPYING:
"[...]
Also note that the only valid version of the GPL as far as the kernel is concerned is _this_ particular version of the license (ie v2, not v2.2 or v3.x or whatever), unless explicitly otherwise stated. [...]"

what does MODULE_LICENSE("GPL") mean at tg3.c ?

GPL 1.0 ?

GPL 2 ?

any GPL ?

only 'GPL' ?

Is possible to write BSD or BSD/GPL or GPLv2 or GPL drivers/code *inside* Linux kernel ?

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