Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263295AbTFPC7E (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Jun 2003 22:59:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263298AbTFPC7E (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Jun 2003 22:59:04 -0400 Received: from tmr-02.dsl.thebiz.net ([216.238.38.204]:39429 "EHLO gatekeeper.tmr.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263295AbTFPC7C (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Jun 2003 22:59:02 -0400 Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 23:06:11 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill Davidsen To: Christoph Hellwig cc: support@comtrol.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] License issue with rocket driver In-Reply-To: <20030606094759.GA20229@lst.de> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1732 Lines: 45 On Fri, 6 Jun 2003, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > drivers/char/rocket{,_int}.h have an intereesting and gpl-incompatible > license. Could you please fix it or remove the drier from the tree? > (given that mess that this driver is the latter might be the better > idea..) > > The license is: > > * The following source code is subject to Comtrol Corporation's > * Developer's License Agreement. > * > * This source code is protected by United States copyright law and > * international copyright treaties. > * > * This source code may only be used to develop software products > * international copyright treaties. > * > * This source code may only be used to develop software products that > * will operate with Comtrol brand hardware. > * > * You may not reproduce nor distribute this source code in its original > * form but must produce a derivative work which includes portions of > * this source code only. > * > * The portions of this source code which you use in your derivative > * work must bear Comtrol's copyright notice: > * > * Copyright 1994 Comtrol Corporation. I don't see that it would disagree with GPL, let's try to get the existing Linux driver GPL'd with their agreement. I don't see that it helps anyone to just start throwing out drivers without at least checking with the author on license terms. -- bill davidsen CTO, TMR Associates, Inc Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/