Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2014 21:21:00 -0800 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: Xin LI <d@delphij.net> Cc: Riley Baird <BM-2cVqnDuYbAU5do2DfJTrN7ZbAJ246S4Xix@bitmessage.ch>, Sam Leffler <sam@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ar9300_devid.h license restricts modification Message-ID: <CAJ-Vmo=QQMMi2DYcpgBum--zLK7_SUPeYrT9jHrH2zw2yehdSQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <545861D0.8030607@delphij.net> References: <54585191.4090703@bitmessage.ch> <545861D0.8030607@delphij.net>
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I missed these; they're BSD licenced. -adrian On 3 November 2014 21:19, Xin Li <delphij@delphij.net> wrote: > -----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-----
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