mach-versatile: debug_ll.h licenc

[Uwe Kleine-König]

On Mon, Jul 04, 2011 at 11:08:53AM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 04, 2011 at 12:58:34PM +0400, Alexey Zaytsev wrote:
> > 2011/7/4 Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig at pengutronix.de>:
> > > On Mon, Jul 04, 2011 at 07:13:47AM +0200, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> > >> Hi,
> > >>
> > >>       ./arch/arm/mach-versatile/include/mach/debug_ll.h
> > >>       Can you put this file under gpl v2 or later
> > >>
> > >>       Barebox is GPLv2 Only project
> > > INAL, but I think this is not a problem. Barebox itself just doesn't
> > > make use of the possibility to use a later version of the GPL. Still you
> > > can pick that file out of barebox and use it in a GPL v3 project.
> > >
> > > But maybe I just didn't get what you intended with your mail.
> > 
> > This is a problem. If some files are gpl 2 only, and others are gpl 3
> > only, you can't distribute the result, as the licenses are not
> > compatible.
> We're not talking about "gpl v3 only" (or "v3 or later") here. Including a
> "v2 or later" header in a "v2 only" .c file should be no problem.
Ah, OK, I misread Jean-Christophe's question "Can you put this file
under gpl v2 or later" as "Is currently put under gpl v2 or later".

Sorry for the noise,
Uwe

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