[Buildroot] [git commit] CHANGES: add #163 + #473
Maxim Grigoriev
maxim at tensilica.com
Fri Jul 24 17:31:45 UTC 2009
Thomas> I'm concerned by the licensing of
Thomas> target/xtensa/xt-buildroot-overlay-install, since this file
Thomas> states:
Thomas> +# Copyright (c) 2003-2008 by Tensilica Inc. ALL RIGHTS
Thomas> +RESERVED. # These coded instructions, statements, and
Thomas> +computer programs are the # copyrighted works and
Thomas> +confidential proprietary information of Tensilica Inc.
>> Yes, that doesn't fly with the GPL requirements. Maxim, is it OK with
>> you to get rid of that header?
Absolutely. I am sorry for any inconvenience.
-- Maxim
Peter Korsgaard wrote:
>>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com> writes:
>>>>>>
>
> Hi,
>
> >> I agree that the xtensa stuff is "special" in various ways, but I
> >> think it's more productive to get it into git and then work on
> >> getting it cleaned up more, instead of having it gather dust in
> >> bugzilla.
>
> Thomas> Ok, fair enough. Reading the patches again, they don't look
> Thomas> too invasive after all.
>
> No, it is pretty much self contained.
>
> Thomas> I'm concerned by the licensing of
> Thomas> target/xtensa/xt-buildroot-overlay-install, since this file
> Thomas> states:
>
> Thomas> +# Copyright (c) 2003-2008 by Tensilica Inc. ALL RIGHTS
> Thomas> +RESERVED. # These coded instructions, statements, and
> Thomas> +computer programs are the # copyrighted works and
> Thomas> +confidential proprietary information of Tensilica Inc.
>
> Yes, that doesn't fly with the GPL requirements. Maxim, is it OK with
> you to get rid of that header?
>
> Thomas> BTW, was Perl already a host dependency to run Buildroot ?
>
> Well, it is indirectly as you need Perl to build Linux + a number of
> packages, but nothing in buildroot self was using Perl.
>
>
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