From owner-freebsd-drivers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 4 04:09:58 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 95D1B626 for ; Tue, 4 Nov 2014 04:09:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from homiemail-a103.g.dreamhost.com (sub4.mail.dreamhost.com [69.163.253.135]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D99AA09 for ; Tue, 4 Nov 2014 04:09:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from homiemail-a103.g.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by homiemail-a103.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD93820047B83 for ; Mon, 3 Nov 2014 20:09:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.254] (43.211.dsl.mel.iprimus.net.au [58.178.232.43]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: orthogonal@librewrt.org) by homiemail-a103.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4E84A20047B80 for ; Mon, 3 Nov 2014 20:09:56 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <54585191.4090703@bitmessage.ch> Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 15:09:53 +1100 From: Riley Baird User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org Subject: ar9300_devid.h license restricts modification Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 04:09:58 -0000 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 The license of these files is: * Copyright (c) 2002-2004 Sam Leffler, Errno Consulting, Atheros * Communications, Inc. All rights reserved. * * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted * provided that the following conditions are met: * 1. The materials contained herein are unmodified and are used * unmodified. * 2. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following NO * ''WARRANTY'' disclaimer below (''Disclaimer''), without * modification. * 3. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce at minimum a * disclaimer similar to the Disclaimer below and any redistribution * must be conditioned upon including a substantially similar * Disclaimer requirement for further binary redistribution. * 4. Neither the names of the above-listed copyright holders nor the * names of any contributors may be used to endorse or promote * product derived from this software without specific prior written * permission. * * NO WARRANTY * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS * ''AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF NONINFRINGEMENT, * MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE * FOR SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF * USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND * ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, * OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT * OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF * SUCH DAMAGES. * * $FreeBSD$ There is a discussion about this going on at Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/767583 Thanks for reading, Riley Baird