Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:25:40 +0200 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> To: Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: heci: a new driver for review and testing Message-ID: <86iqehx8bf.fsf@ds4.des.no> In-Reply-To: <4AD6067E.2010503@icyb.net.ua> (Andriy Gapon's message of "Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:12:30 %2B0300") References: <4AD6067E.2010503@icyb.net.ua>
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Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua> writes: > BTW, can / may I drop "alternatively GPL" wording from License block > of the files I borrowed from Intel? I.e. can a dual BSD+GPL licensed > file be turned into BSD-only? No. Why would you want to? > Some additional info. The files contain only some data structure / > constants definitions. I guess those are not copyrightable at all? That's debatable. It is probably safe to assume that they aren't *if* they only describe the interface to another piece of software or to the hardware, but if they represent internal data structures used by the Linux driver, they are definitely copyrightable. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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