Dave Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The nvidia framebuffer code added recently is marked as > MODULE_LICENSE(GPL), but some things seem a little odd to me.. > > 1. The boilerplate at the top of drivers/video/nvidia/nv_dma.h, > drivers/video/nvidia/nv_local.h, and drivers/video/nvidia/nv_hw.c > doesn't seem to be a GPL-compatible license. It seems to be an nvidia > specific license with an advertising clause, and something that > adds restrictions on rights of U.S. Govt end users. > > 2. Some of these files clearly came from XFree86 judging from > the CVS idents in the source. Was this XFree86 code > dual-licensed by its original authors ? If so, it isn't clear.
Does ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.11/2.6.11-mm3/broken-out/fbdev-nvidia-licensing-clarification.patch clear things up? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
