Re: Licencing of drivers/char/rocket.c ?

["Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>]

On Tue, Nov 09, 2004 at 01:38:11PM -0600, Jason.Jorgensen@comtrol.com wrote:
> On Tuesday, November 09, 2004 10:58 AM, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> wrote:
>> I developed the Rocketport device driver under contract of Comtrol,
>> with the understanding that the resulting device driver would be
>> released under the GPL.  So I believe the correct way of resolving the
>> conflicting copyright statements is to delete the following lines.
>> 
>> It would be good to get positive confirmation from Comtrol as well
>> that this is their understanding as well.  
>
> You are absolutely correct. That notice slipped by us and should not be in
> there. 
> 
> If someone with access to the mainline source could remove that for us we
> would appreciate it. 

Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@thunk.org>
Acked-by: Jason.Jorgensen@comtrol.com

							- Ted

--- 1.46/drivers/char/rocket.c	2004-10-21 13:03:21 -04:00
+++ edited/rocket.c	2004-11-10 12:49:44 -05:00
@@ -2453,30 +2453,6 @@
 }
 #endif
 
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