Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933063AbXIAWGs (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Sep 2007 18:06:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757152AbXIAWGf (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Sep 2007 18:06:35 -0400 Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:35052 "EHLO mailhub.stusta.mhn.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757295AbXIAWGd (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Sep 2007 18:06:33 -0400 Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2007 00:06:34 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: "Constantine A. Murenin" Cc: Jeff Garzik , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Fwd: That whole "Linux stealing our code" thing Message-ID: <20070901220634.GN9260@stusta.de> References: <200709010140.l811eq9H005896@cvs.openbsd.org> <46D99FB7.6030505@garzik.org> <20070901205457.GK9260@stusta.de> <20070901211642.GL9260@stusta.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 3626 Lines: 78 On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 05:51:49PM -0400, Constantine A. Murenin wrote: > On 01/09/07, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 10:54:57PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 01:37:18PM -0400, Constantine A. Murenin wrote: > > > > On 01/09/07, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > > > > Constantine A. Murenin wrote: > > > > > > This will hopefully help diminish certain myths about the code licensing. > > > > > > > > > > What myth? The myth that Theo understands dual licensing? > > > > > > > > Reyk's code was never dual licensed, so it's not like it even matters > > > > to the original dispute. > > > > Oh, and if you look at the OpenBSD CVS you see versions 4 months old > > with dozens of contributions by Reyk and with: > > > > /* $OpenBSD: ath.c,v 1.63 2007/05/09 16:41:14 reyk Exp $ */ > > /* $NetBSD: ath.c,v 1.37 2004/08/18 21:59:39 dyoung Exp $ */ > > > > /*- > > * Copyright (c) 2002-2004 Sam Leffler, Errno Consulting > > * All rights reserved. > > * > > * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without > > * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions > > * are met: > > * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright > > * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer, > > * without modification. > > * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce at minimum a disclaimer > > * similar to the "NO WARRANTY" disclaimer below ("Disclaimer") and any > > * redistribution must be conditioned upon including a substantially > > * similar Disclaimer requirement for further binary redistribution. > > * 3. Neither the names of the above-listed copyright holders nor the names > > * of any contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived > > * from this software without specific prior written permission. > > * > > * Alternatively, this software may be distributed under the terms of the > > * GNU General Public License ("GPL") version 2 as published by the Free > > * Software Foundation. > > * > > * 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. > > */ > > Where exactly do you see Reyk's copyright in the above quote? >... He has automatically a copyright on his contributions if they are non-trivial. > C. cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - 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/