From owner-freebsd-audit@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 8 22:47:30 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-audit@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-audit@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32CD516A527 for ; Sun, 8 Oct 2006 22:47:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brooks@lor.one-eyed-alien.net) Received: from sccmmhc92.asp.att.net (sccmmhc92.asp.att.net [204.127.203.212]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C05E943DBA for ; Sun, 8 Oct 2006 22:47:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brooks@lor.one-eyed-alien.net) Received: from lor.one-eyed-alien.net ([12.207.12.9]) by sccmmhc92.asp.att.net (sccmmhc92) with ESMTP id <20061008224658m9200km4lbe>; Sun, 8 Oct 2006 22:46:58 +0000 Received: from lor.one-eyed-alien.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lor.one-eyed-alien.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id k98MktTh047009; Sun, 8 Oct 2006 17:46:56 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from brooks@lor.one-eyed-alien.net) Received: (from brooks@localhost) by lor.one-eyed-alien.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id k98Mktgc047008; Sun, 8 Oct 2006 17:46:55 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from brooks) Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2006 17:46:54 -0500 From: Brooks Davis To: freebsd-audit@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20061008224654.GA46983@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> References: <4528EF25.1000103@buzzard.me.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="gBBFr7Ir9EOA20Yy" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4528EF25.1000103@buzzard.me.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Cc: Jonathan Buzzard Subject: Re: GPL License violation X-BeenThere: freebsd-audit@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Security Audit List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2006 22:47:30 -0000 --gBBFr7Ir9EOA20Yy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Oct 08, 2006 at 01:29:25PM +0100, Jonathan Buzzard wrote: > I received an email yesterday asking about the license of some code > found in FreeBSD to turn the fan on a Dell laptop on/off, the code in > question is shown below. I do not know exactly where in FreeBSD this > code lies, as I do not use FreeBSD. Neither do I want or should have to > go looking for it. >=20 > This code has been lifted verbatim out of drivers/char/i8k.c in Linux, > which in itself was a minor modification of code in > drivers/char/toshiba.c mdae by myself. This code dates back to January > 1998, and was first included in Linux around 2.2.20. I am the original > author of this code, and it is clearly and only ever licensed under the > GPL. I must insist that it be removed forwith from FreeBSD. >=20 > JAB. For the list. Core has seen this and is investigating. -- Brooks --gBBFr7Ir9EOA20Yy Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFKX/eXY6L6fI4GtQRAibgAJ0bMAlKLbqMHl9TLAyI1tso95xjYwCcCIhP QSCvdj7+OYwmyMp+lFYwCVM= =JdGp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --gBBFr7Ir9EOA20Yy--