Mike Frysinger <[email protected]> wrote on 04/24/2013 07:01:29 PM: > From: Mike Frysinger <[email protected]> > To: [email protected], > Cc: [email protected], Wayne Boyer/Beaverton/IBM@IBMUS > Date: 04/24/2013 07:01 PM > Subject: Re: [LTP] question about a license > > On Wednesday 24 April 2013 21:13:04 James Takahashi wrote: > > On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:07, Mike Frysinger <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Wednesday 24 April 2013 05:32:56 [email protected] wrote: > > > > > When trying to cleanup syscalls/getitimer03.c, i meet a strange > > > > > license. It says: > > > > > > > > > > ********************************************************************* > > > > > > > > > > /* > > > > > > > > > > * $Copyright: $ > > > > > * Copyright (c) 1984-2000 > > > > > * Sequent Computer Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. > > > > > *$ > > > > > * This software is furnished under a license and may be used > > > > > * only in accordance with the terms of that license and with the > > > > > * inclusion of the above copyright notice. This software may not > > > > > * be provided or otherwise made available to, or used by, any > > > > > * other person. No title to or ownership of the software is > > > > > * hereby transferred. > > > > > */ > > > > > > > > > > ********************************************************************* > > > > > > > > > > Here is my question, > > > > > 1. Can i change this license to GPL2? or > > > > > 2. Can i modify code of the case under this license? > > > > > > > > > > Could you please provide me any pointer/suggstion. :) > > > > > > > > Given that the testcases is a few lines that calls getitimer() with > > > > invalid value, I would play safe and rewrite it from scratch. > > > > > > > > Anybody has different opinion? > > > > > > there are four such files: > > > testcases/kernel/syscalls/getitimer/getitimer03.c > > > testcases/kernel/syscalls/getresgid/getresgid01.c > > > testcases/kernel/syscalls/nftw/Makefile > > > testcases/kernel/syscalls/nftw/nftw64.h > > > > > > the Makefile has at least be rewritten enough that i think we can change > > > things as the code has largely been written by Garrett Cooper now > > > > > > if we can't locate someone (Wayne Boyer?) for the tests, i suggest > > > looking at what they test (just read the comment block), then delete the > > > file and write a new test from scratch. > > > > > > the header file i think might be accidental as none of the nftw files > > > look that way. instead, they have the ibm copyright. so i'd just > > > change it to that. -mike > > > > Wayne is still at IBM (Sequent was acquired by IBM). I have CC'd him > > on this thread. > > > > If you'd elaborate on what sort of permission/assistance you need for > > this copyright issue, I'm sure Wayne would be happy to cooperate. > > the code says Wayne wrote it. if Wayne can confirm that, and if he > can confirm > that we want to change the copyright to the standard ibm ones (found in many > other files) and license it similarly. > -mike
Hi Mike, I looked at the four files in question. I did write getitimer03.c and I believe using the standard IBM copyright is correct. I ported the getresgid01.c code to run under Linux. As I recall it was originally a Sequent test case for the Dynix/ptx OS. Again I believe using the standard IBM copyright is correct. I did not work with the last two files, but they follow the same pattern as the getresgid01.c code. There were originally part of the Dynix/ptx test cases. -- Wayne Boyer LTC Embedded Linux - Customer Tech Lead IBM - Hillsboro, Oregon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try New Relic Now & We'll Send You this Cool Shirt New Relic is the only SaaS-based application performance monitoring service that delivers powerful full stack analytics. Optimize and monitor your browser, app, & servers with just a few lines of code. Try New Relic and get this awesome Nerd Life shirt! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic_d2d_apr _______________________________________________ Ltp-list mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltp-list
