From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Arend van Spriel Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:33:02 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Using LP firmware for taking advantage of the low-power capabilities. In-Reply-To: References: <1348053493-22955-1-git-send-email-jarl@softace.dk> <1348053493-22955-2-git-send-email-jarl@softace.dk> <5059DFF1.4060405@lwfinger.net> Message-ID: <505A1DEE.9010905@broadcom.com> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Jarl Friis Cc: Larry Finger , Stefano Brivio , =?UTF-8?B?R8OhYm9yIFN0ZWZhbmlr?= , netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, b43-dev@lists.infradead.org On 09/19/2012 08:54 PM, Jarl Friis wrote: >> Is the addition of your copyright to the driver >> >warranted by this change? > As far as I understand the copyright law: Yes, but I'm not an expert. > Neither am I 100% sure what you mean. You add your name to the copy notice of the file so you claim it for the entire file. >> >For example, I have made much larger contributions >> >to b43 over the years before I started doing reverse-engineering on this >> >driver, but I never added my copyright. > I suggest you do. Typically, the names you see there are and/or were b43 maintainers. >> >Your "Signed-off-by" implies >> >copyright for the patch. > The fact that I authored the patch implies copyright (even without > Signed-off-by) > > Jarl You can indeed claim it for your patch, but I think not beyond that. But I am no lawyer either so .....pffff. Gr. AvS From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mms1.broadcom.com ([216.31.210.17]:1834 "EHLO mms1.broadcom.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750852Ab2ISTdP (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:33:15 -0400 Message-ID: <505A1DEE.9010905@broadcom.com> (sfid-20120919_213326_806997_418D4095) Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:33:02 +0200 From: "Arend van Spriel" MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Jarl Friis" cc: "Larry Finger" , "Stefano Brivio" , =?UTF-8?B?R8OhYm9yIFN0ZWZhbmlr?= , netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, b43-dev@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Using LP firmware for taking advantage of the low-power capabilities. References: <1348053493-22955-1-git-send-email-jarl@softace.dk> <1348053493-22955-2-git-send-email-jarl@softace.dk> <5059DFF1.4060405@lwfinger.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 09/19/2012 08:54 PM, Jarl Friis wrote: >> Is the addition of your copyright to the driver >> >warranted by this change? > As far as I understand the copyright law: Yes, but I'm not an expert. > Neither am I 100% sure what you mean. You add your name to the copy notice of the file so you claim it for the entire file. >> >For example, I have made much larger contributions >> >to b43 over the years before I started doing reverse-engineering on this >> >driver, but I never added my copyright. > I suggest you do. Typically, the names you see there are and/or were b43 maintainers. >> >Your "Signed-off-by" implies >> >copyright for the patch. > The fact that I authored the patch implies copyright (even without > Signed-off-by) > > Jarl You can indeed claim it for your patch, but I think not beyond that. But I am no lawyer either so .....pffff. Gr. AvS From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Arend van Spriel" Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Using LP firmware for taking advantage of the low-power capabilities. Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:33:02 +0200 Message-ID: <505A1DEE.9010905@broadcom.com> References: <1348053493-22955-1-git-send-email-jarl@softace.dk> <1348053493-22955-2-git-send-email-jarl@softace.dk> <5059DFF1.4060405@lwfinger.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "Larry Finger" , "Stefano Brivio" , =?UTF-8?B?R8OhYm9yIFN0ZWZhbmlr?= , netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-wireless-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, b43-dev-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org To: "Jarl Friis" Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-wireless-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On 09/19/2012 08:54 PM, Jarl Friis wrote: >> Is the addition of your copyright to the driver >> >warranted by this change? > As far as I understand the copyright law: Yes, but I'm not an expert. > Neither am I 100% sure what you mean. You add your name to the copy notice of the file so you claim it for the entire file. >> >For example, I have made much larger contributions >> >to b43 over the years before I started doing reverse-engineering on this >> >driver, but I never added my copyright. > I suggest you do. Typically, the names you see there are and/or were b43 maintainers. >> >Your "Signed-off-by" implies >> >copyright for the patch. > The fact that I authored the patch implies copyright (even without > Signed-off-by) > > Jarl You can indeed claim it for your patch, but I think not beyond that. But I am no lawyer either so .....pffff. Gr. AvS -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html