From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15307 invoked by alias); 24 Jan 2014 22:34:09 -0000 Mailing-List: contact ecos-maintainers-help@ecos.sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: ecos-maintainers-owner@ecos.sourceware.org Received: (qmail 15298 invoked by uid 89); 24 Jan 2014 22:34:08 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=1.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FSL_HELO_BARE_IP_2,RCVD_NUMERIC_HELO,SPF_SOFTFAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mail.ihostasp.net Received: from mail01.ihostasp.net (HELO mail.ihostasp.net) (209.190.184.121) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Fri, 24 Jan 2014 22:34:06 +0000 Received: from 67.50.80.242 [67.50.80.242] by mail.ihostasp.net with SMTP; Fri, 24 Jan 2014 17:33:59 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.6 \(1510\)) Subject: Re: Freescale and Lua copyrights From: Michael Jones In-Reply-To: <52E29EE4.5050702@jifvik.org> Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 22:34:00 -0000 Cc: ecos-maintainers@ecos.sourceware.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <52E29EE4.5050702@jifvik.org> To: Jonathan Larmour X-SW-Source: 2014-01/txt/msg00002.txt.bz2 Jifl, I did a bit of research, and I found that when you download the iMX6 SDK, t= here is a LICENSE.txt in the root directory with the following text: Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modifica= tion, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: o Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, th= is list of conditions and the following disclaimer. o Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,= this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/= or other materials provided with the distribution. o Neither the name of Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"= AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLI= ED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABL= E FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMA= GES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND= ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF TH= IS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. The previous text I sent is in the individual files. Does this satisfy the requirements and allow the code in? Mike Michael Jones email: mike@proclivis.com ecos iMX6Q Project: https://sourceforge.net/projects/ecosfreescale On Jan 24, 2014, at 10:12 AM, Jonathan Larmour wrote: > On 24/01/14 15:30, Michael Jones wrote: >>=20 >> I would like to resolve this quickly so I can plan for evolving the curr= ent >> semi-hacked working version of the iMX6 hal to a version suitable for >> incorporation (desired), or if the effort is too large, remain independe= nt >> (not desired). It is difficult to know where to invest time without know= ing >> what will be allowed. >>=20 >> Can you accept this Freescale Copyright into the official eCos code base: >>=20 >> /* >> * Copyright (c) 2012, Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. >> * All rights reserved. >> * >> * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY FREESCALE "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPL= IED >> * WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF >> * MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. I= N NO EVENT >> * SHALL FREESCALE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIA= L, >> * EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PR= OCUREMENT >> * OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUS= INESS >> * INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN >> * CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE= ) ARISING >> * IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POS= SIBILITY >> * OF SUCH DAMAGE. >> */ >=20 > Unfortunately that isn't a license, that's a copyright message with all r= ights > reserved, and a disclaimer. "All rights reserved" means there is no right= to > copy, modify, redistribute, etc. You will need to talk to Freescale to get > that resolved, or to recode it, sorry. Note that this restriction on > redistribution applies whether or not you contribute it! >=20 > As has happened before, I suspect it's just sloppiness on Freescale's par= t and > they did intend it to be fully re-distributable, but with what it says ab= ove > that legally isn't the case. >=20 >> I have a Lua 5.2.3 port that is fully functional. It has minimal modific= ations. It is called from my telnetd package (will be submitted to eCos wit= h full copyright assignment when mature). There is no way to rewrite this t= o avoid the copyright, so will you accept this Lua Copyright into the offic= ial eCos code base: > [snip] >=20 > Yes, the Lua licence is fine. The only thing I would request is that a no= te is > made in documentation reminding users of this license, since it won't be = the > normal eCos one. >=20 > Good luck with Freescale! >=20 > Jifl