Re: [PATCH] DFU Driver and firmware for Atheros bluetooth chipset AR3011

David Sainty
2009-11-17T21:47:13Z

Marcel Holtmann wrote:
>> Also Vikram -- why not just ISC license the files as we do with ath9k ? Then also
>> use:
>>
>> MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
>>
>> This would be more consistant with what we do with our other upstream Atheros
>> modules.
>>
>
> Since this is just a firmware loading driver, I prefer if you just keep
> it GPL only. It is not worth going into too much details. Especially
> since it looks inspired (nicely phrased) from bcm203x.c driver.
>

In the interests of supporting the device from *BSD operating systems
it'd be nice if it was clear that the firmware itself could be included
under a BSD licence.