Copyright issue with memcpy/memset parts of the CRIS port

Ulrich Drepper drepper@redhat.com
Tue Apr 10 13:17:00 GMT 2001


Hans-Peter Nilsson <hans-peter.nilsson@axis.com> writes:

> Which should cover (at least) usage of the code in question
> within the Linux kernel as well as any usage in otherwise closed
> source of any code being either origin or derivation of the
> files we're talking about.  Well, that is, to the best of my
> legally-uneducated understanding.
> 
> Perhaps we should clear this with RMS anyway.  I'm interested in
> a comment from Drepper.

I don't know what you expect.  The wording is clear: you would have to
assign the code to the FSF which enables us to change the copyright
line in the files.  But of course you can keep your own copy of the
files with your copyright since the transfer is non-exclusive.

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