From owner-freebsd-drivers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 4 05:19:20 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 04B13FF7; Tue, 4 Nov 2014 05:19:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from anubis.delphij.net (anubis.delphij.net [64.62.153.212]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "anubis.delphij.net", Issuer "StartCom Class 1 Primary Intermediate Server CA" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DC8E8F67; Tue, 4 Nov 2014 05:19:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from delphij-macbook.home.us.delphij.net (c-24-5-244-32.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [24.5.244.32]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by anubis.delphij.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 25D421AD4B; Mon, 3 Nov 2014 21:19:13 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=delphij.net; s=anubis; t=1415078353; x=1415092753; bh=pk3mq0DM+tmeTLZcZubsF/U1YhbbtcifN9qdE4tyYUY=; h=Date:From:Reply-To:To:CC:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=p1MLdNf7smtUv8WRA9VRayQteoViO06JVh3qqxHzIlY5AzjKrVoPaMSOdu4EcbvUq xRaK/1GB0o3CAASeDYwtQawIz9l+LMzr/7Ysj+o4RM/DyYQbrv2gr4DK1pjKXTQkfW 5f7RwX3mKxKxs0/J/6EkOrmHJZTtgi4mCgFR6tLU= Message-ID: <545861D0.8030607@delphij.net> Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 21:19:12 -0800 From: Xin Li Reply-To: d@delphij.net Organization: The FreeBSD Project MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Riley Baird , freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ar9300_devid.h license restricts modification References: <54585191.4090703@bitmessage.ch> In-Reply-To: <54585191.4090703@bitmessage.ch> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: adrian Chadd , sam@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Writing device drivers for FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 05:19:20 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Adding Adrian Chadd (who imported the file into FreeBSD) and Sam Leffler to Cc. On 11/3/14 8:09 PM, Riley Baird wrote: > Hi! > > The license of two files in the ath_hal driver appears to restrict > modification. The two files are: > /sys/dev/ath/ath_hal/ar9003/ar9300_devid.h > /sys/contrib/dev/ath/ath_hal/ar9300/ar9300_devid.h > [...] > > There is a discussion about this going on at Debian: > https://bugs.debian.org/767583 A quick glance of the two files suggests that they are not (disclaimer: I am not a lawyer and this is purely layman opinion) copyrightable because they are purely constant definitions, which are non-copyrightable _facts_ after all. However, it would be nice if we can confirm with Qualcomm. Cheers, -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJUWGHQAAoJEJW2GBstM+nsr5EP/3MxQ2AV7dPH1q4H/PsT9faL 4NDF9/8ri7NCrFAZSR4XzdCijpVvtCn895bNetwz0DnO/wZmaEHC7W5n7ut1K+O1 dYclu2woM1NLM74kyFIpey2GguP1xM3oh9c6GNML1PtcWLZojdGAu88P+R2a0nv6 gXbq9DPByDTUR6Ws4fxq/wD7YN3ShCTrItxsN/lbgnyu1NMtJlN1DBt+RRqTSm+h ZgxUS+qDTm7eLXVewTLOfeOHX0Lyu+hUNve63DMafxzJ+thnHwroEJFljnjoKyQN HnJXGrQbvK5Tp/8VqFt3CFrDU5vv4//Tn8BDd1mMls8Z7qxe5Z7DWag1xqhiTV1w aVlu8IaHMT9py/YPggCf9WL+MCff7i56PyI2xTHkQYFEtsRKLWInqFKBFkhkj2y5 NU+son/ApKNN5IpzS9DlHVdYf19/SLhVelGumtYcp0hS9rZaJhzKuOD2VqPawAG3 mYUWsEXcpsVi/y1F7pDVUZCbsHsK2Ic2r8W3BmWFwSqf3VNJMkJ3V6bf5eW6aXbp sWiX4W3z9i35ejmcKElynWKTxZBUzoTWGplyQoCKaV5YTEDfuEZ+qTI/E/lkGYOS v2rwDeWDbPZex+tDWTtU0M3ssNoQh/QmynpEVFD2RPrTKBUkR4/D4HSbHD8MoSqo kmO2oYFEvbt3+7L3Ucrg =RV/2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----