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Licensing my xnu code


From: phcoder
Subject: Licensing my xnu code
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 08:47:34 +0100
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Hello, yesterday I received my copyright assignment and today I'll send it back signed. It obliges me to completely report about the state of my code. For creating xnu loader I used no other code then my own and different places in grub as a template. However I have previously seen APSL-licenced code. APSL doesn't extend to any reimplementation: "1.3 "Covered Code" means the Original Code, Modifications, the combination of Original Code and any Modifications, and/or any respective portions thereof. " "1.5 "Larger Work" means a work which combines Covered Code or portions thereof with code not governed by the terms of this License. " As I copied no code I don't believe that this creates any problem however I fulfill my legal obligations by reporting it. If this situation isn't ok for gnu project then I see following possible solutions:
1) I could release xnu loading as a third-party module
2) I could supply a description in plain English what the loader should do. Fairly complete i386 loader including Mach-O parser largely based on elfload is about 2000 lines of code

Regards
Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko




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