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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Hayes Wang <hayeswang@realtek.com>
Cc: oliver@neukum.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org,
	Realtek linux nic maintainers <nic_swsd@realtek.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] net/usb: new driver for RTL8152
Date: Thu, 2 May 2013 07:12:39 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130502141239.GC24348@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1367524087-29512-1-git-send-email-hayeswang@realtek.com>

On Fri, May 03, 2013 at 03:48:07AM +0800, Hayes Wang wrote:
> +#define PATENTS		"This product is covered by one or more of the " \
> +			"following patents:\n" \
> +			"\t\tUS6,570,884, US6,115,776, and US6,327,625.\n"

Interesting, you are aware of the issues involved with patents and GPLv2
code, right?  Do you have a pointer to the GPLv2 patent release that is
now required, or does your company now release all of the needed rights
for these patents to be able to be used by everyone?

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2013-05-02 14:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-04-26  8:45 [PATCH net-next] net/usb: new driver for RTL8152 Hayes Wang
2013-04-26 11:56 ` Oliver Neukum
     [not found] ` <201305020622.r426MYGv032465@rtits1.realtek.com>
2013-05-02  7:46   ` hayeswang
2013-05-02  9:02     ` Oliver Neukum
2013-05-02 19:48 ` [PATCH v2 " Hayes Wang
2013-05-02 14:12   ` Greg KH [this message]
2013-05-02 17:32     ` David Miller
2013-05-03  2:01 ` [PATCH v3 " Hayes Wang
2013-05-03  2:33   ` Greg KH
2013-05-03  3:11     ` hayeswang
2013-05-03  3:23       ` 'Greg KH'
2013-05-03  4:00         ` David Miller
2013-05-06 20:17   ` David Miller

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