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Re: Simplified BSD License for Code Components and linux GPL kernel

Russ Housley <housley@vigilsec.com> Wed, 10 February 2010 22:53 UTC

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Alex:

The intent was to find a license that would permit the code to be used 
as-in in any environment with attribution.  If that goal has not been 
achieved, please explain the details of the problem.

Russ

On 2/10/2010 1:46 PM, Alexandru Petrescu wrote:
> Hi IPR WG,
>
> I have interest in licensing and IPR of the technology in RFCs.
>
> I recently stumbled on the RPL protocol WG item draft (in the RoLL WG,
> Routing Over Low power and Lossy networks) and worried about "Code
> Components" in the boilerplate.
>
> Could one implement RPL in a linux kernel?
>
> Knowing that linux kernel is mostly GPL, avoiding BSD, and that I see
> the word BSD in the bolierplate.
>
> If I may be missing something - sorry,
>
> Alex
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