Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] License Problem? Was: [Wireshark-commits] rev 32785 ...
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 12:10:45AM +0200, Joerg Mayer wrote:
> On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 03:19:45PM +0000, morriss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/viewvc.cgi?view=rev&revision=32785
> >
> > User: morriss
> > Date: 2010/05/13 08:19 AM
> >
> > Log:
> > From Robert Hogan via https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4257 :
> >
> > Correctly decode and display the buffer address in SBA orders.
> >
> >
> > Note: This includes a macro with a new license which is added to COPYING.
>
> This looks like the 4-clause BSD license to me, which is incompatible
> to the GPLv2+, or am I wrong?
Don't know if it helps, but google codesearch [1] found this macro under shorter licence:
/*
* Modifications Copyright 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999,
* 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004 by Paul Mattes.
* Original X11 Port Copyright 1990 by Jeff Sparkes.
* Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
* documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted,
* provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that
* both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in
* supporting documentation.
*
* Copyright 1989 by Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, GA 30332.
* All Rights Reserved. GTRC hereby grants public use of this software.
* Derivative works based on this software must incorporate this copyright
* notice.
*
* x3270, c3270, s3270 and tcl3270 are distributed in the hope that they will
* be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the file LICENSE
* for more details.
*/
[1] http://www.google.pl/codesearch?q=DECODE_BADDR
