As copyright holder, if I say it doesn't conflict with the GPL, then it doesn't conflict with the GPL.
However, there's no point in causing people's brains to overheat, so yes, I grant permission for the code to be relicensed under the GPLv2. Please make sure that this change in licensing makes its way upstream. -russ Jan Lübbe writes: > > Hello Russ, > > Your driver for the cs89x0 network card is used in the etherboot > package. The copyright/license statements are a bit problematic for > Debian as cs89x0.h file states "This program is free software; you can > redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General > Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 1." > > This license statement is currently also in the Linux kernel source > (which makes it incompatible to the rest of Linux). > > This license makes it incompatible with the rest of etherboot which is > GPLv2. > > cs89x0.c states: "Permission is granted to distribute the enclosed > cs89x0.[ch] driver only in conjunction with the Etherboot package. The > code is ordinarily distributed under the GPL." > > Could you please clarify what you mean by "only in conjunction with the > Etherboot package", as this conflicts with the GPL. > > Would you be willing to relicense your contributions under the GPLv2 > without additional restrictions? > > -- > Jan Lübbe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://sicherheitsschwankung.de > gpg-key 1024D/D8480F2E 2002-03-20 > fingerprint 1B25 F91F 9E7B 5D4F 1282 02D6 8A83 8BE4 D848 0F2E >
