From: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
To: Ken Kawasaki <ken_kawasaki@spring.nifty.jp>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] firmware: Correct attribution of Sierra Wireless CIS files
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:17:43 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1267831063.2819.361.camel@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100305203317.c4aa5b5c.ken_kawasaki@spring.nifty.jp>
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On Fri, 2010-03-05 at 20:33 +0900, Ken Kawasaki wrote:
>
> > The only source I can find for these files is
> > <http://www.sierrawireless.com/resources/faq/PC_Card/AirCard555/Aircard_Linux.tar> linked from <https://sierrawireless.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/179/kw/linux>.
> >
>
> SierraWireless provides the CIS by GPL (see URL below).
>
> http://sierrawireless.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/203/related/1/sno/0
The text 'GNU General Public License' links to GPL version *3*, and
would also have done so in 2008 when that page was apparently first
published.
> Yes. The files below are not developed by the pcmcia-cs project
> but provided by SierraWireless.
So, assuming that these files are copyrightable, your patch to add them
violated the conditions of the licence on at least three grounds:
1. The Linux source tree does not include a copy of the GPL version 3
2. These files are identified as licenced under 'GPL' which in the
context of Linux implies version 2
3. The copyright holder is not identified correctly
To avoid confusing people, I do not think we should add a copy of GPLv3
to the tree. I will therefore submit a patch to remove these files. I
will submit a separate patch for linux-firmware to fix copyright
information there.
Ben.
--
Ben Hutchings
Q. Which is the greater problem in the world today, ignorance or apathy?
A. I don't know and I couldn't care less.
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-03-05 4:36 [PATCH 1/2] firmware: Correct attribution of Sierra Wireless CIS files Ben Hutchings
2010-03-05 11:33 ` Ken Kawasaki
2010-03-05 23:17 ` Ben Hutchings [this message]
2010-03-05 23:21 ` [PATCHv2 1/2] firmware: Remove " Ben Hutchings
2010-03-05 23:23 ` [PATCHv2 2/2] firmware: Add source and copyright notice for CIS files from pcmcia-cs Ben Hutchings
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