[Fedora-legal-list] FC12: wireshark: GPLv2 and GPLv3+

[Julius Davies]

Thanks, that was my concern!


On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 6:32 PM, Richard Fontana <rfontana at redhat.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:18:02 -0800
> Julius Davies <juliusdavies at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> GPLv2,GPLv2+
>> wireshark-1.2.2/epan/dissectors/packet-dlm3.c
>>
>>
>> GPLv3+
>> wireshark-1.2.2/tools/pidl/lib/Parse/Pidl/Samba4/Template.pm
>>
>>
>>
>> The strict GPLv2 in packet-dlm3.c is coming from this:
>>
>>
>> /*
>>  * #defines are mostly copied from
>>  * *.[ch] files in linux/fs/dlm/ and linux/include/linux/dlm.h
>>  *
>>  * dlm_internal.h:
>>  *
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> **  Copyright (C) Sistina Software, Inc.  1997-2003  All rights
>> reserved. **  Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Red Hat, Inc.  All rights
>> reserved. ** **  This copyrighted material is made available to
>> anyone wishing to use, **  modify, copy, or redistribute it subject
>> to the terms and conditions **  of the GNU General Public License v.2.
>>  *
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> */
>
> If your concern is that the "GPLv2-only" notice on dlm_internal.h is
> causing a GPLv2/GPLv3 license incompatibility here (I have no opinion
> on that issue) - to the extent that Red Hat holds copyright in that
> code (including Sistina copyrights acquired by Red Hat), it is
> available as "GPLv2 or later", despite what the notice says.
>
> Cheers,
> Richard
>
>
> --
> Richard E. Fontana
> Open Source Licensing and Patent Counsel
> Red Hat, Inc.
>
>



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