From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 28 11:18:35 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7430A1065672 for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:18:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from unixmania@gmail.com) Received: from ey-out-2122.google.com (ey-out-2122.google.com [74.125.78.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F28E28FC18 for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:18:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from unixmania@gmail.com) Received: by ey-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 6so558035eyi.7 for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2008 03:18:33 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=JB0VZx403hTTqbed433gjAH077WMLTaJoY5iZ5uYUfs=; b=rufbsJUhWjPJDQAF3lGn3CHaULonLWa7cfn2DOo+58m44vzgxDna34gXs/HcbC4qxM HTDQIZRnsiB8osEyylLUVSsYB9wNrHnKNqBlwEkP8FilpHQddBsw28igoHuDCbNzOSls 5jjHotqKH6litgeIuifSv6HBf/5P2pK4U1gE4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=YxOntpnlehAeugV1KEf5BgvuJUakczmiOJuixcopvDTo828Iz0D9s4GZcel7ljPOAU HumjdDUz+HCOjPOh0nrVAvdwlPSGrLN7jQ8K8u+/wxS+aBSK9rcfmcg/lDSqi0bSyz99 qaSzQeP+/dVRMueFYTEStkXOnQhksaxqZ+iT0= Received: by 10.103.231.15 with SMTP id i15mr3063890mur.88.1227871113325; Fri, 28 Nov 2008 03:18:33 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.103.137.8 with HTTP; Fri, 28 Nov 2008 03:18:33 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:18:33 -0200 From: "Carlos A. M. dos Santos" To: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=" In-Reply-To: <86hc5syylw.fsf@ds4.des.no> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <20080121170155.GC51116@hamlet.SetFilePointer.com> <20713056.post@talk.nabble.com> <20081127221007.31c07ed8@baby-jane> <86hc5syylw.fsf@ds4.des.no> Cc: ancelgray , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Patrick_Lamaizi=E8re?= Subject: Re: Hardware support for AMD Geode CS5536 audio? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:18:35 -0000 On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 7:43 AM, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote: > Patrick Lamaizi=E8re writes: >> You cannot include a file under the GPL license without being >> contaminated. Even a simple .h with only some #define. This is not correct, as DES explained. Anyway, the amd5536.h file has a much more serious problem: it contains a license statement but not the name of the copyright owner, which is mandatory. Anonymous contents can not be licensed. > On the contrary, as was settled in SCO v. IBM, constant and structure > definitions are not copyrightable if they are dictated by external > factors, such as compatibility with existing software or hardware. > > There are even cases in which actual code is not copyrightable, > specifically if the algorithm it implements is so simple that no > reasonable programmer would have implemented it in any other way. > > (SCO tried to argue, among other things, that Linux had stolen errno.h > from SCO Unix) > > DES > -- > Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no I mostly agree with you, but considering my previous experiences with GPL-ed header files and their copyright owners(1), I would prefer not to take the risk. Reference 1. http://cvsweb.xfree86.org/cvsweb/xc/lib/GLw/README.txt?rev=3D1.2 --=20 cd /usr/ports/sysutils/life make clean