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Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2007 16:32:06 -0400
From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
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To: Jacob Meuser <jakemsr@sdf.lonestar.org>
CC: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath5k - License clarification
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Jacob Meuser wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 03:38:42PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>> Was it slashdot or Theo's rant that made all the OpenBSD fanboys like 
>> you come out of the woodwork?
> 
> ?
> 
> I have made contributions to GNU projects, and supplied large patches
> and new files to GPL'd projects, always keeping the GPL license, not for
> any reason other than respect for the wishes of the original author.
> 
> Earlier this year, I went out of my way to a NetBSD developer to
> change the license of a file he wrote (that added NetBSD/OpenBSD
> support) from BSD to GPL so it could be included in a GNU project,
> because the project leader claimed the BSD license was incompatible
> with GNU projects.  The NetBSD developer agreed to the change, but I
> still have not seen that file added to the project.
> 
> My interest in this matter goes far beyond my interest as an OpenBSD
> developer.

Are you a ath5k copyright holder?
Or somewhere in the chain of wireless code maintenance?

Or are you one of the followers of The Pattern, which repeats itself on 
a regular basis:

	1) Theo rants about Linux, FSF, and GPL
	2) Rants inspire minions
	3) Theo fans, ignorant of all facts, appear on Linux MLs
	   to uphold Theo's side of the debate.

I'm betting the latter.

	Jeff