Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755836AbZDFNiV (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Apr 2009 09:38:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755268AbZDFNiM (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Apr 2009 09:38:12 -0400 Received: from ti-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.142.184]:64245 "EHLO ti-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754826AbZDFNiL (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Apr 2009 09:38:11 -0400 From: Mithlesh Thukral To: maximilian attems Subject: Re: Staging: sxg: slicoss: Specify the license for Sahara SXG and Slicoss drivers Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 00:37:47 +0530 User-Agent: KMail/1.10.3 (Linux/2.6.27.9-159.fc10.i686; KDE/4.1.3; i686; ; ) Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , debian-kernel@lists.debian.org, Christopher Harrer References: <200904051944.n35JifSg018472@hera.kernel.org> <20090406131243.GD4442@stro.at> In-Reply-To: <20090406131243.GD4442@stro.at> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200904070037.48064.mithlesh@linsyssoft.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 3785 Lines: 96 CCing a person who can better comment. Cheers, Mithlesh Thukral On Monday 06 April 2009 18:42:43 maximilian attems wrote: > On Sun, 05 Apr 2009, Linux Kernel Mailing List wrote: > > Gitweb: > > http://git.kernel.org/linus/ba0e1ebb7ea0616eebc29d2077355bacea62a9d8 > > Commit: ba0e1ebb7ea0616eebc29d2077355bacea62a9d8 > > Parent: 19be358212af35bd64d449da82279874099a1a85 > > Author: Mithlesh Thukral > > AuthorDate: Wed Mar 25 15:52:54 2009 +0530 > > Committer: Greg Kroah-Hartman > > CommitDate: Fri Apr 3 14:54:38 2009 -0700 > > > > Staging: sxg: slicoss: Specify the license for Sahara SXG and Slicoss > > drivers > > > > Specify a license for the Alacritech Sahara (10Gbe) and SLICOSS > > (1GBE) firmware files. > > > > Signed-off-by: Christopher Harrer > > Signed-off-by: Mithlesh Thukral > > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman > > --- > > firmware/WHENCE | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- > > 1 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/firmware/WHENCE b/firmware/WHENCE > > index df79422..d6c227d 100644 > > --- a/firmware/WHENCE > > +++ b/firmware/WHENCE > > @@ -372,7 +372,21 @@ File: slicoss/oasisdbgdownload.sys.ihex > > File: slicoss/oasisdownload.sys.ihex > > File: slicoss/oasisrcvucode.sys.ihex > > > > -Licence: Unknown > > +Licence: > > + Copyright (C) 1999-2009 Alacritech, Inc. > > + > > + as an unpublished work. This notice does not imply unrestricted or > > + public access to the source code from which this firmware image is > > + derived. Except as noted below this firmware image may not be > > + reproduced, used, sold or transferred to any third party without > > + Alacritech's prior written consent. All Rights Reserved. > > + > > + Permission is hereby granted for the distribution of this firmware > > + image as part of a Linux or other Open Source operating system kernel > > + in text or binary form as required. > > + > > + This firmware may not be modified and may only be used with > > + Alacritech hardware. > > have you read what you say? > > the last paragraph disables the distribution right, > due beeing only allowed to be touched on alacritech hardware. > > i'm certainly not buying anything from alacritech, > but would want to disbribute your fimware in Debian > in the nonfree firmware-linux package for the benefit > of your customers. > -> http://packages.debian.org/sid/firmware-linux > > > Found in hex form in kernel source. > > > > @@ -383,10 +397,23 @@ Driver: SXG - Alacritech IS-NIC products > > File: sxg/saharadownloadB.sys.ihex > > File: sxg/saharadbgdownloadB.sys.ihex > > > > -Licence: Unknown > > +Licence: > > + Copyright (C) 1999-2009 Alacritech, Inc. > > + > > + as an unpublished work. This notice does not imply unrestricted or > > + public access to the source code from which this firmware image is > > + derived. Except as noted below this firmware image may not be > > + reproduced, used, sold or transferred to any third party without > > + Alacritech's prior written consent. All Rights Reserved. > > + > > + Permission is hereby granted for the distribution of this firmware > > + image as part of a Linux or other Open Source operating system kernel > > + in text or binary form as required. > > + > > + This firmware may not be modified and may only be used with > > + Alacritech hardware. > > same trouble, > nuke the "and may only be used with Alacritech hardware." -- 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/