Re: [avr-libc-dev] CRC-8-CCITT

[Dave Hylands]

Hi guys,

On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 12:29 PM, Joerg Wunsch <address@hidden> wrote:
> As Frédéric Nadeau wrote:
>
>> "Alternatively, this software may be distributed under the terms of
>> BSD  license. See README and COPYING for more details."
>
> OK, in that case it's fine.
>
>> I'm no license expert and my understanding is that GPL and BSD are
>> defacto incompatible... So I don't know if one can actually release
>> under both license.
>
> No, we can release it under one of them, as the author explicitly
> permitted this.  In fact, the <util/crc16.h> already has the license
> rules on top, so what needs to be done is to add Dave's name there,
> and he should also be mentioned in the AUTHORS file.

And just to make it brutally clear, you have my permission to use the
code, and put whatever license it is you need to use it in avr-libc.

Dave Hylands