From owner-freebsd-drivers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 4 05:21:03 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4999DBC; Tue, 4 Nov 2014 05:21:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wg0-x22f.google.com (mail-wg0-x22f.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c00::22f]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B3B7AF78; Tue, 4 Nov 2014 05:21:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wg0-f47.google.com with SMTP id a1so12674154wgh.34 for ; Mon, 03 Nov 2014 21:21:00 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=2Do+IHqnHIp8gFO7anOOV5bHYZQatxW25MtRHr9XoT0=; b=yNGb3rO7AhZQuFY8tjY01oWktcr2gTa49pZb6JxpcOTfygIzF0guxdzoFBj9uKeDxv HV7QR7LLRZwcqWUFPywmHqGD8PqUfez0OzEk7rfYmUyXzLs3XgzoIaJHbwZ829GLsv/I bIrqL/whnJxlEjRATkMYYamNc3WDsR3dIBh8umiXyT3t96+8mIBjoYpzvLvMm3Oc0Hwt UUj6RPZL6x22WLj7hQ8BHfinLcBnpCddkflIMVMljG5DCpP6tpf9OUMPh5FBAkdplcC+ uZQvJBCMwlFjKPOrjFXc8s0+K0WYHV4USo9Ib0t/344ZjgPLtuYyCjQsKKq8vuez2Ga/ Tlmw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.180.73.212 with SMTP id n20mr20751763wiv.59.1415078460120; Mon, 03 Nov 2014 21:21:00 -0800 (PST) Sender: adrian.chadd@gmail.com Received: by 10.216.106.136 with HTTP; Mon, 3 Nov 2014 21:21:00 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <545861D0.8030607@delphij.net> References: <54585191.4090703@bitmessage.ch> <545861D0.8030607@delphij.net> Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2014 21:21:00 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: yzXd4lVhzSUDp5y81VuZh_YxZjA Message-ID: Subject: Re: ar9300_devid.h license restricts modification From: Adrian Chadd To: Xin LI Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: Riley Baird , Sam Leffler , "freebsd-drivers@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 05:21:03 -0000 I missed these; they're BSD licenced. -adrian On 3 November 2014 21:19, Xin Li 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-----