Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932097Ab1CAXas (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Mar 2011 18:30:48 -0500 Received: from mail-ew0-f46.google.com ([209.85.215.46]:60472 "EHLO mail-ew0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757592Ab1CAXaq convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Mar 2011 18:30:46 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Te1Y616g5rJQZ7Xp5yspbjszIfK2SmqjisPnDap8urLPPi8x/k9yShALI1wnR9Pk8U aP9FPevia30CAxIZnzH3KI8GVCSyKYr0c+igBzPgp2oxfSLlXfNIlxrV/5ri/dvgehd8 aEng4JYyvBtQghUOYWXnnYJB9sTX09BSgctvE= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 00:30:45 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Why is my copyright code in the linux kernel? From: richard -rw- weinberger To: dj@deadhat.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, gregkh@suse.de Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1882 Lines: 54 On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 11:49 PM, wrote: > I was surprised to find code that is mine in Linux. > > Following the advice in the REPORTING_BUGS file, I'm sending this email > here, for want of knowledge of a better contact. > > In 2002, I published code at www.deadhat.com to generate cryptographic > vectors to aid in the development of IEEE 802.11i, a spec for which I was > a contributor. > > One example can be found here: > http://www.deadhat.com/wlancrypto/ccm1.2.c > > You will see a remarkable resemblance to parts of > linux-2.6.36.2/drivers/staging/rt2860/common/cmm_aes.c. E.G. the AES code, please note, this is a staging driver. cc'ing gregkh. > the MIC header code and some ancillary functions. > > However my header with my name and copyright has been removed. A different > copyright has been added and it has been licensed under the GPL without my > knowledge. > > I am a happy user of Linux, I don't want to cause trouble and I'd be quite > honored to have some of my code in the kernel, so I'm not demanding the > immediate removal of this code. I'm willing to GPL my code if necessary, > but I do require proper attribution and acknowledgment of my copyright on > my code > > I'd like to know who is an appropriate person to discuss this with. the code is from ralink. > Thank you, > David Johnston > dj@deadhat.com > > -- > 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/ > -- Thanks, //richard -- 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/