RE: [lwip-users] Usage example for DNS client (resolv.c)

[Pettinato, Jim]

BSD is right... my apologies for the mistake. I was just reading an
article on GPL and I guess I had it in my brain.


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Subject: RE: [lwip-users] Usage example for DNS client (resolv.c)


On Tue, 2007-06-19 at 09:39 -0400, Pettinato, Jim wrote:
> Well... I'm sure Adam won't mind us borrowing from uIP... ;-) and the 
> required citations are included.
> 
> As for me, I ported it with the intention of contributing it back 
> here; I actually have been waiting until we got through our final test

> (you'll note there's a few TODO's still remaining in there that I 
> wanted to address). I guess some people were in a hurry for it though.
> 
> I think we're safe in assuming that this resolver code is GPL 
> lesser...

That doesn't match the source files you sent, which have the BSD-style
licence at the top.  Could you clarify which was intended?

All the other code in lwIP is BSD licenced rather than GPL, and I don't
think the two are terribly compatible (although I'm no expert).  I think
that Adam's code was originally BSD licenced, but there's nothing in the
BSD licence to stop you porting it and releasing it as GPL if you so
wish.  However, there is stuff in the GPL licence to prevent us
releasing it as BSD!  At the moment, to get into the core stack, it
would have to be BSD licenced to match everything else, so this is an
important point to get right.

Thanks

Kieran




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