From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Tue, 25 Jan 2005 09:41:01 +0000 (GMT) Received: from amsfep13-int.chello.nl ([IPv6:::ffff:213.46.243.23]:15416 "EHLO amsfep13-int.chello.nl") by linux-mips.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 09:40:44 +0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (really [62.195.248.222]) by amsfep13-int.chello.nl (InterMail vM.6.01.03.04 201-2131-111-106-20040729) with ESMTP id <20050125094037.MVOY11192.amsfep13-int.chello.nl@[127.0.0.1]> for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 10:40:37 +0100 Message-ID: <41F6141C.7010908@amsat.org> Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 10:40:44 +0100 From: Jeroen Vreeken User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.9 (X11/20041103) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: RFC: Copyright notice Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 7032 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: pe1rxq@amsat.org Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips Hi, I have been porting the 2.4.18 based edimax sources for the adm5120 to 2.6 over the last few days (its alive, atleast untill it blows up in the delay measurement :). I would like some advice on the copyright notices the ADMtek guys put in these files.... Below I included one such blurp. To me it reads like a load of crap. - It is not unpublished as it states, as they distributed both compiled kernels and the sources. - Tradesecrets are kind of a nonsense if you put your sources on a publicly accessable webserver. - They linked and distributed the result against GPL (kernel, not just compiled as a module) code so I am pretty sure we can asume that we comply with option II (in other words: we have a license) Keeping this is going to get people freaked out for sure, would it be ok to just change it to 'Copyright ADMtek' and add a few lines refering to the GPL? Thanks, Jeroen header of arch/mips/am5120/irq.c: /***************************************************************************** ; ; (C) Unpublished Work of ADMtek Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. ; ; THIS WORK IS AN UNPUBLISHED WORK AND CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL, ; PROPRIETARY AND TRADESECRET INFORMATION OF ADMTEK INCORPORATED. ; ACCESS TO THIS WORK IS RESTRICTED TO (I) ADMTEK EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE A ; NEED TO KNOW TO PERFORM TASKS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THEIR ASSIGNMENTS ; AND (II) ENTITIES OTHER THAN ADMTEK WHO HAVE ENTERED INTO APPROPRIATE ; LICENSE AGREEMENTS. NO PART OF THIS WORK MAY BE USED, PRACTICED, ; PERFORMED, COPIED, DISTRIBUTED, REVISED, MODIFIED, TRANSLATED, ; ABBRIDGED, CONDENSED, EXPANDED, COLLECTED, COMPILED, LINKED, RECAST, ; TRANSFORMED OR ADAPTED WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF ADMTEK. ; ANY USE OR EXPLOITATION OF THIS WORK WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION COULD ; SUBJECT THE PERPERTRATOR TO CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LIABILITY. ; ;------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ; ; Project : ADM5120 ; Creator : daniell@admtek.com.tw ; File : arch/mips/am5120/irq.c ; Date : 2003.3.4 ; Abstract: ; ;Modification History: ; ;*****************************************************************************/