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Re: Another copyright issue
- From: Jonathan Larmour <jifl at eCosCentric dot com>
- To: Gary Thomas <gary at mlbassoc dot com>
- Cc: eCos Maintainers <ecos-maintainers at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 15:21:08 +0000
- Subject: Re: Another copyright issue
- References: <1046272511.31018.6102.camel@hermes.chez-thomas.org>
Gary Thomas wrote:
As part of one of the ports I've recently done, I had to
add a couple of files which require special consideration.
They are binary data, and only applicable to a particular
device (nonetheless required to build RedBoot on the device
since it needs them to initialize the hardware).
I'd noticed this, although I hadn't (yet) got round to a detailed going
through of the patch...
The producer of the files (the hardware manufacturer) has
allowed their use, but they want their copyright on them.
I have amended this to look like this:
//
// Copyright (c) 2003 Intrinsyc Europe Ltd. All rights reserved.
//
// Redistribution and use in source or binary format is allowed
// provided:
// * This notice must be preserved
// * The binary data which this file represents may only be
// used on a NMI uPCI + uE250 based hardware platform.
which I believe preserves their use in the spirit of open source.
Does anyone have a problem with this?
Nope - it's almost public domain, and the hardware restriction is a no-op
for binary data like this IMO!
I am assuming they have given permission for this knowing this text.
Jifl
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