From: Jeroen Vreeken <pe1rxq@amsat.org>
To: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Subject: RFC: Copyright notice
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 10:40:44 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <41F6141C.7010908@amsat.org> (raw)
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- It is not unpublished as it states, as they distributed both compiled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; (C) Unpublished Work of ADMtek Incorporated.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; THIS WORK IS AN UNPUBLISHED WORK AND CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL,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:
;
;*****************************************************************************/
next reply other threads:[~2005-01-25 9:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-01-25 9:40 Jeroen Vreeken [this message]
2005-01-25 13:29 ` RFC: Copyright notice Tsang-Ren Chang
2005-01-25 13:43 ` Jeroen Vreeken
2005-01-25 13:43 ` Jeroen Vreeken
2005-01-25 14:53 ` Tsang-Ren Chang
2005-01-25 14:56 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2005-01-25 15:11 ` Jeroen Vreeken
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