Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 18:36:34 -0700 From: Eric Joyner <erj@freebsd.org> To: rgrimes@freebsd.org Cc: src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, svn-src-all <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, svn-src-head <svn-src-head@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r361541 - in head: . sys/amd64/conf sys/arm64/conf sys/conf sys/contrib/dev/ice sys/dev/ice sys/modules sys/modules/ice sys/modules/ice_ddp tools/kerneldoc/subsys Message-ID: <CAKdFRZgMdE-NVpooCQ3H0B-u2dVQ1PAFfxSQycM5NCjPVkXF7Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <202005270039.04R0dnPe087063@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> References: <202005262335.04QNZA9P062898@repo.freebsd.org> <202005270039.04R0dnPe087063@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
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On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 5:39 PM Rodney W. Grimes <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> wrote > That ones a bit iffy in a source released situation, what does it > mean to "reverse engineer" source code? > I don't know. Keep in mind that is the license for that binary in the directory; the actual source code for the driver (not in this sys/contrib/dev/ice directory) is still the 3-clause BSD license. > A patent clause? I do not believe we have any code in the tree > with an attached patent clause. > The text in that LICENSE is actually exactly the same as the one used for the Wi-Fi firmware blobs in sys/contrib/iwm and sys/contrib/iwn. The one in iwn has been in there for 12 years. > It must be interpretted that an "express licenese" overrides these terms to > be safe. It is not clear to me that the contentx of LICENSE file are an > over riding express license to these statements here as neither is > explicity > in the materials covered by the license. > I will look at this, though I'm not sure that having the LICENSE file in the same directory wouldn't be obvious enough. - Eric
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