Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 21:19:12 -0800 From: Xin Li <delphij@delphij.net> To: Riley Baird <BM-2cVqnDuYbAU5do2DfJTrN7ZbAJ246S4Xix@bitmessage.ch>, freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org Cc: adrian Chadd <adrian@FreeBSD.org>, sam@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ar9300_devid.h license restricts modification Message-ID: <545861D0.8030607@delphij.net> In-Reply-To: <54585191.4090703@bitmessage.ch> References: <54585191.4090703@bitmessage.ch>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Adding Adrian Chadd (who imported the file into FreeBSD) and Sam Leffler to Cc. On 11/3/14 8:09 PM, Riley Baird wrote: > Hi! > > The license of two files in the ath_hal driver appears to restrict > modification. The two files are: > /sys/dev/ath/ath_hal/ar9003/ar9300_devid.h > /sys/contrib/dev/ath/ath_hal/ar9300/ar9300_devid.h > [...] > > There is a discussion about this going on at Debian: > https://bugs.debian.org/767583 A quick glance of the two files suggests that they are not (disclaimer: I am not a lawyer and this is purely layman opinion) copyrightable because they are purely constant definitions, which are non-copyrightable _facts_ after all. However, it would be nice if we can confirm with Qualcomm. Cheers, -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJUWGHQAAoJEJW2GBstM+nsr5EP/3MxQ2AV7dPH1q4H/PsT9faL 4NDF9/8ri7NCrFAZSR4XzdCijpVvtCn895bNetwz0DnO/wZmaEHC7W5n7ut1K+O1 dYclu2woM1NLM74kyFIpey2GguP1xM3oh9c6GNML1PtcWLZojdGAu88P+R2a0nv6 gXbq9DPByDTUR6Ws4fxq/wD7YN3ShCTrItxsN/lbgnyu1NMtJlN1DBt+RRqTSm+h ZgxUS+qDTm7eLXVewTLOfeOHX0Lyu+hUNve63DMafxzJ+thnHwroEJFljnjoKyQN HnJXGrQbvK5Tp/8VqFt3CFrDU5vv4//Tn8BDd1mMls8Z7qxe5Z7DWag1xqhiTV1w aVlu8IaHMT9py/YPggCf9WL+MCff7i56PyI2xTHkQYFEtsRKLWInqFKBFkhkj2y5 NU+son/ApKNN5IpzS9DlHVdYf19/SLhVelGumtYcp0hS9rZaJhzKuOD2VqPawAG3 mYUWsEXcpsVi/y1F7pDVUZCbsHsK2Ic2r8W3BmWFwSqf3VNJMkJ3V6bf5eW6aXbp sWiX4W3z9i35ejmcKElynWKTxZBUzoTWGplyQoCKaV5YTEDfuEZ+qTI/E/lkGYOS v2rwDeWDbPZex+tDWTtU0M3ssNoQh/QmynpEVFD2RPrTKBUkR4/D4HSbHD8MoSqo kmO2oYFEvbt3+7L3Ucrg =RV/2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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