On 27.11.2008 20:34, Pattrick Hueper wrote: > Hi, > > this is the copyright header: > > /****************************************************************************** > * Copyright (c) 2004, 2008 IBM Corporation > * All rights reserved. > * This program and the accompanying materials > * are made available under the terms of the BSD License > * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at > * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php > * > * Contributors: > * IBM Corporation - initial implementation > > *****************************************************************************/ > > and this the license file: > > Copyright (c) 2004, 2008 IBM Corporation > All rights reserved. > Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without > modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are > met: > Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, > this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. > Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright > notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the > documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. > Neither the name of IBM nor the names of its contributors may be used > to endorse or promote products derived from this software without > specific prior written permission. > > THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS > "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT > LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR > A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT > OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, > SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT > LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, > DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY > THEORYOF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT > (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE > OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. > > > I'm afraid, that this is the licence with the advertising clause? > (Redistribution in binary form...)? >
Fortunately, that license does not have an advertising clause. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_license has a bit more info on that. The "Redistribution in binary form" clause is often mistaken for the advertising clause. I'm guilty of mixing this up in the past. Regards, Carl-Daniel -- http://www.hailfinger.org/ -- coreboot mailing list: [email protected] http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
