Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755486AbXJ3POT (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:14:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753457AbXJ3POK (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:14:10 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:42269 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752847AbXJ3POI (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:14:08 -0400 Subject: Re: Licensing of IS89C35 WLAN USB driver [was Re: rt73usb: support for wireless in Kohjinsha subnotebook] From: Dan Williams To: Pavel Machek Cc: Christoph Hellwig , Jeff Lee , Daniel Hazelton , Ivo van Doorn , Luis Correia , kernel list , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, mwallis@serialmonkey.com In-Reply-To: <20071030112221.GA17586@elf.ucw.cz> References: <20071023090808.GB19758@infradead.org> <20071030112221.GA17586@elf.ucw.cz> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:11:59 -0400 Message-Id: <1193757119.29187.17.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.10.3 (2.10.3-4.fc7) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1135 Lines: 34 On Tue, 2007-10-30 at 12:22 +0100, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > You are listed as author of IS89C35 802.11bg WLAN USB Driver. That > driver has clear MODULE_LICENSE("GPL") tag, but not other notices. > > Is it safe to assume whole sources are to be distributed under GPLv2? > (Or is it GPLv2 or later?) Pavel, I sent mail as you requested on Sunday to Jeff Lee but haven't heard back yet. I can't find any generic contact email addresses for ISSC Taiwan or the Italian company that produced the adapter in question, unfortunately. Dan > Pavel > > > > 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"); > > > > So what about contacting the vendor and asking? > - 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/