Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:57045 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752106AbYJFSa6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Oct 2008 14:30:58 -0400 Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 14:30:13 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: Christian Lamparter Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Kalle Valo , Larry Finger , Johannes Berg , "Luis R. Rodriguez" , tim.dewaal@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 5/5] p54: integrate parts of lmac_longbow.h and stlc45xx Message-ID: <20081006183013.GC3448@tuxdriver.com> (sfid-20081006_203101_353544_DAEAFC60) References: <200810050239.44845.chunkeey@web.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <200810050239.44845.chunkeey@web.de> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sun, Oct 05, 2008 at 02:39:44AM +0200, Christian Lamparter wrote: > This patch removes most/all? of the "magic" numbers and unknown structure > variables inside the code and replaces them with meaningful prototypes. > Therefore this patch got quite big. > > However, I'm not really sure what "(C)" I should put in and where exactly. > But I hope ST's/Nokia's Legal Department or someone else who understands the > laws good enough can give us a green light. Why wouldn't it be "Copyright (C) 2007 Conexant Systems, Inc." as from lmac_longbow.h, if anything at all? Or did you actually take bits from stlc45xx? Even then I'm not sure specific attribution is necessary for a few structure/variable/function names. John -- John W. Linville Linux should be at the core linville@tuxdriver.com of your literate lifestyle.