Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752716AbXJVWAI (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:00:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750876AbXJVV7y (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:59:54 -0400 Received: from atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz ([195.113.31.123]:46588 "EHLO atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750703AbXJVV7y (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:59:54 -0400 Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: Daniel Hazelton Cc: Ivo van Doorn , Dan Williams , Luis Correia , kernel list , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, rt2400-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, mwallis@serialmonkey.com Subject: Re: rt73usb: support for wireless in Kohjinsha subnotebook Message-ID: <20071022220000.GH28190@elf.ucw.cz> References: <20071020184100.GA11640@elf.ucw.cz> <20071022211325.GF28190@elf.ucw.cz> <200710222352.57543.IvDoorn@gmail.com> <200710221742.36693.dhazelton@enter.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200710221742.36693.dhazelton@enter.net> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. 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: 1443 Lines: 34 Hi! > > > Yes, I'm quite sure. There's MODULE_LICENCE("GPL"), IIRC. > > > > That doesn't say much, some manufacturers add that line to their driver > > just to prevent the module loader complaining about a non-GPL driver... > > > > There should be a copyright notice or a license file accompanied with > > the driver that clearly states the license of the driver. > > Lacking an explicitly stated license it can be argued that, since the > MODULE_LICENSE() macro is meant to define the actual license on the code, > this code is GPL. No, it isn't an explicit definition, but lacking any other > signs of the license, the implicit declaration of it being GPL is (or should > be) enough to deflect charges of copyright infringement. Yep, I believe this driver is GPLed. They published the source and there's nothing to suggest otherwise, and there's explicit: #define DRIVER_AUTHOR "Jeff Lee" #define DRIVER_DESC "IS89C35 802.11bg WLAN USB Driver" MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html - 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/