From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 1627 invoked by alias); 26 Feb 2003 15:24:25 -0000 Mailing-List: contact ecos-maintainers-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: ecos-maintainers-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 1618 invoked from network); 26 Feb 2003 15:24:25 -0000 Subject: Re: Another copyright issue From: Gary Thomas To: Jonathan Larmour Cc: eCos Maintainers In-Reply-To: <3E5CDB64.9070000@eCosCentric.com> References: <1046272511.31018.6102.camel@hermes.chez-thomas.org> <3E5CDB64.9070000@eCosCentric.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.3 (1.0.3-4) Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 15:24:00 -0000 Message-Id: <1046273064.31018.6133.camel@hermes.chez-thomas.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-SW-Source: 2003-02/txt/msg00059.txt.bz2 On Wed, 2003-02-26 at 08:21, Jonathan Larmour wrote: > 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. Yes, they gave me permission to publish the files as such, as long as their ownership and use was clear. -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Gary Thomas | MLB Associates | Consulting for the +1 (970) 229-1963 | Embedded world http://www.mlbassoc.com/ | email: | gpg: http://www.chez-thomas.org/gary/gpg_key.asc ------------------------------------------------------------