suspect file (cfi.h)

Alexandre Oliva lxoliva at fsfla.org
Mon Jun 8 03:54:04 UTC 2009


On Jun  5, 2009, crap0101 <marco.chieppa-crap at poste.it> wrote:

> I want to point out (and ask) about the file cfi.h located in the
> linux-libre kernel at /include/linux/mtd/ . I have some doubdt
> concerning its freedom like explained here:
> http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00243

The existence of patents or of a patent license for some specification
do not render software non-Free.

Files contributed to Linux under the signed-off-by protocol without
specific licensing terms are licensed under GPLv2, even if they are
licensed elsewhere under different terms.

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