From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1422653AbXCBAfs (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Mar 2007 19:35:48 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1422654AbXCBAfs (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Mar 2007 19:35:48 -0500 Received: from cacti.profiwh.com ([85.93.165.66]:54086 "EHLO cacti.profiwh.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1422653AbXCBAfs (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Mar 2007 19:35:48 -0500 Message-ID: <45E77176.7070200@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2007 01:36:06 +0100 From: Jiri Slaby User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0b2 (X11/20070116) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jeremy Fitzhardinge Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: License violation? References: <45E76C16.1030706@gmail.com> <45E77073.1000208@goop.org> In-Reply-To: <45E77073.1000208@goop.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Jeremy Fitzhardinge napsal(a): > Jiri Slaby wrote: >> Hi. >> >> I have a GPL driver (written by me) with workarounds, since I hadn't >> know-how, when I wrote it. Now I've got 2.4 proprietary driver from >> the vendor. Is use of the 2.4 driver know-how OK? (And could be such >> driver merged?) >> >> These are lines from the proprietary driver: >> IMPORTANT SAFETY & LEGAL INFORMATION: >> >> This source file is provided as part of the SensAble >> Technologies PDD/GHOST Software Development Toolkit in >> order to facilitate the use of PCI-based PHANToM haptic >> interface devices across various Linux kernel revisions. >> It is meant to be recompiled without modification. It >> should NOT be modified in any way. Any modification of >> this source code will void any and all software and/or >> hardware warranties and maintenance agreements with >> SensAble Technologies or its assignees. Furthermore, >> modification of this source file may result in the damage >> or failure of the user's hardware. SensAble Technologies >> and its assignees assume no responsibility for any damage >> or injury resulting from the modification of this file. >> >> It's obvious, that if somebody was using the GPL driver, he'll lost >> warranty et al. (But this is not the question.) > > Seems reasonable to me. This isn't license text. They're not saying > you can't modify it; they're just saying you own the pieces if you > modify it and break it. Is there an actual license? No other text in there, but simple Copyright: /* Copyright (c) 1997-2002 Sensable Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Aha, I've read it second time, and I get the point now. regards, -- http://www.fi.muni.cz/~xslaby/ Jiri Slaby faculty of informatics, masaryk university, brno, cz e-mail: jirislaby gmail com, gpg pubkey fingerprint: B674 9967 0407 CE62 ACC8 22A0 32CC 55C3 39D4 7A7E Hnus is an alias for /dev/null