nanogui: Licensing


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Subject: RE: Re[2]: Licensing
From: Greg Haerr ####@####.####
Date: 12 May 1999 17:55:40 -0000
Message-Id: <01BE9C6D.F8A035D0.greg@censoft.com>

I like that.  Do you think then that GPL is the way to go in order to get source
code for drivers back, etc, or is it too restrictive for people who want to use this
stuff commercially?

Greg

On Wednesday, May 12, 1999 11:30 AM, Alan Cox ####@####.#### wrote:
> > I am *considerably* rewriting all sorts of code in the same files, as well as adding
> > new code in the same and new files.  Is this a problem?  Does this mean that we
> > can add a GPL header and also retain David's use statement, which seem contradictory?
> 
> 
> They may seem contradictory but they are not. You probably want to put something
> in the header like
> 
> 	[USUAL GPL header]
> 
> 	derived from code by [Author] under the following license
> 
> 	.............
> 
> 	
> 	You can obtain the original code from ...
> 
> (The last item isnt required but its polite)
> 
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