Return-path: Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com ([66.249.82.224]:50188 "EHLO wx-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932429AbXIBALI (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Sep 2007 20:11:08 -0400 Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id h31so1149779wxd for ; Sat, 01 Sep 2007 17:11:07 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2007 20:11:07 -0400 From: "Constantine A. Murenin" To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Subject: Re: Fwd: That whole "Linux stealing our code" thing Cc: "Adrian Bunk" , "Jeff Garzik" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, "Jiri Slaby" , "Alan Cox" In-Reply-To: <43e72e890709011648k5caffb7fn1051e1f5d5f27c9b@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 References: <200709010140.l811eq9H005896@cvs.openbsd.org> <46D99FB7.6030505@garzik.org> <20070901205457.GK9260@stusta.de> <20070901215225.GM9260@stusta.de> <43e72e890709011648k5caffb7fn1051e1f5d5f27c9b@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 01/09/07, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > I urge developers to not bait into this and just leave this alone. > Those involved know what they are doing and have a strong team of > attorneys watching their backs. Any *necessary* discussions are be > done privately. Err... I don't understand why you need a lawyer to interpret this document: /* $OpenBSD: ar5210.c,v 1.39 2007/04/10 17:47:55 miod Exp $ */ /* * Copyright (c) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Reyk Floeter * * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any * purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above * copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES * WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF * MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR * ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES * WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN * ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF * OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. */ If you want to add more code to it, and your contribution is significant, simply add you name next to Reyk's. Where's the problem? I don't know how licensing could be any simpler than this. Please, notice, that there are no additional documents (other than the copyright law) to read here -- _this is the complete licence_! (And you have to read the copyright law even if you use the GNU GPL.) C.