From: "ambai.masaki@fujitsu.com" <ambai.masaki@fujitsu.com>
To: "ambai.masaki@fujitsu.com" <ambai.masaki@fujitsu.com>,
"'linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org'"
<linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: "'brcm80211-dev-list.pdl@broadcom.com'"
<brcm80211-dev-list.pdl@broadcom.com>,
"'brcm80211-dev-list@cypress.com'"
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Subject: RE: Re: What is the license for linux/lib/math/cordic.c?
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2019 06:24:15 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <OSBPR01MB2168520C8A25889FEEEF6A0B835D0@OSBPR01MB2168.jpnprd01.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <afb1b412-a632-f2dc-0b76-52c345c25491@lwfinger.net>
> On 11/29/19 4:03 AM, ambai.masaki@fujitsu.com wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > What is the license for linux/lib/math/cordic.c?
> >
> >> * Copyright (c) 2011 Broadcom Corporation
> >> *
> >> * Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software
> for any
> >> * purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the
> above
> >> * copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
> >> *
> >> * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL
> WARRANTIES
> >> * WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
> >> * MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE
> FOR ANY
> >> * SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
> >> * WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN
> AN ACTION
> >> * OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
> OR IN
> >> * CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
> > I think this license is an ISC license.
> >
> >> MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
> > However, MODULE _ LICENSE declares a different license.
> > I don't know which license is correct.
> > What licenses are declared in this file?
> >
>
> I am a little confused. If the author(s) declare the license to be "Dual
> BSD/GPL", why do you not believe them?
I judged it as an ISC license because the text in the file matched the text in the ISC license.
I am referring to SPDX license list.
https://spdx.org/licenses/ISC.html
I think that the license for this file is "Dual MIT/GPL" if I believe this license text.
Regards,
Ambai
prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-12-04 6:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-11-29 10:03 What is the license for linux/lib/math/cordic.c? ambai.masaki
2019-11-29 19:59 ` Larry Finger
2019-12-04 6:24 ` ambai.masaki [this message]
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