License issue with rocket driver
PATCH 1/1 License issue with rocket driver
drivers/char/rocket{,_int}.h have an intereesting and gpl-incompatible license. Could you please fix it or remove the drier from the tree? (given that mess that this driver is the latter might be the better idea..)
The license is:
* The following source code is subject to Comtrol Corporation's
* Developer's License Agreement.
*
* This source code is protected by United States copyright law and
* international copyright treaties.
*
* This source code may only be used to develop software products
* international copyright treaties.
*
* This source code may only be used to develop software products that
* will operate with Comtrol brand hardware.
*
* You may not reproduce nor distribute this source code in its original
* form but must produce a derivative work which includes portions of
* this source code only.
*
* The portions of this source code which you use in your derivative
* work must bear Comtrol's copyright notice:
*
* Copyright 1994 Comtrol Corporation.
Quoted 4 lines · Christoph Hellwig
drivers/char/rocket{,_int}.hhave an intereesting and gpl-incompatible license. Could you please fix it or remove the drier from the tree? (given that mess that this driver is the latter might be the better idea..)
Ditto for 2.4 it appears. Marcelo can you rm the comtrol driver pending clarification. I'll do the same for 2.2, and Linus needs to pull it for 2.5
Quoted 9 lines · Alan Cox
Quoted 4 lines · Christoph Hellwig
drivers/char/rocket{,_int}.hhave an intereesting and gpl-incompatible license. Could you please fix it or remove the drier from the tree? (given that mess that this driver is the latter might be the better idea..)Ditto for 2.4 it appears. Marcelo can you rm the comtrol driver pending clarification. I'll do the same for 2.2, and Linus needs to pull it for 2.5
I'm going to do that now in case there is no other fix.
Any answer from the Rocket driver people ?
Quoted 3 lines · Marcelo Tosatti
I'm going to do that now in case there is no other fix.
Any answer from the Rocket driver people ?
I received a mail saying they would fix it but no fix as yet
Quoted 19 lines · Christoph Hellwig
drivers/char/rocket{,_int}.hhave an intereesting and gpl-incompatible license. Could you please fix it or remove the drier from the tree? (given that mess that this driver is the latter might be the better idea..)The license is:
* The following source code is subject to Comtrol Corporation's
* Developer's License Agreement.
*
* This source code is protected by United States copyright law and
* international copyright treaties.
*
* This source code may only be used to develop software products
* international copyright treaties.
*
* This source code may only be used to develop software products that
* will operate with Comtrol brand hardware.
*
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* You may not reproduce nor distribute this source code in its original
* form but must produce a derivative work which includes portions of
* this source code only.
*
* The portions of this source code which you use in your derivative
* work must bear Comtrol's copyright notice:
*
* Copyright 1994 Comtrol Corporation.
I don't see that it would disagree with GPL, let's try to get the existing Linux driver GPL'd with their agreement. I don't see that it helps anyone to just start throwing out drivers without at least checking with the author on license terms.
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I don't see that it would disagree with GPL, let's try to get the existing Linux driver GPL'd with their agreement. I don't see that it helps anyone to just start throwing out drivers without at least checking with the author on license terms.
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* This source code may only be used to develop software products that
* will operate with Comtrol brand hardware.
*
If that doesn't contradict the GPL I don't know what does...
-hpa
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