Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 03 Mar 2011 21:29:44 -0800 | From | David Johnston <> | Subject | Re: Why is my copyright code in the linux kernel? |
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On 3/2/2011 1:52 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 03/01/2011 03:54 PM, Ted Ts'o wrote: >> On Wed, Mar 02, 2011 at 12:30:45AM +0100, richard -rw- weinberger wrote: >>>> You will see a remarkable resemblance to parts of >>>> linux-2.6.36.2/drivers/staging/rt2860/common/cmm_aes.c. E.G. the AES code, >>> please note, this is a staging driver. >> It's not even the primary driver. Is there anything that this driver >> provides that isn't provided by the upstream supported, mainline >> rt2x00 project? I.e., can we just delete the staging driver? >> >> If we are going to keep the staging driver for some reason, one of the >> things that should be added to the TODO list would be delete its >> driver-specific AES code and replace it with calls to the kernel's >> generic AES code, which among other things, has the advantage that it >> can take advantage of the AES-NI instructions provided on more modern >> x86 CPU's. >> >>>> I'd like to know who is an appropriate person to discuss this with. >>> the code is from ralink. >> David, you might want to contact ralink directly, since it's likely >> they are distributing that driver with your AES code in other places >> besides just in the mainstream kernel sources. Even if we delete the >> code in the staging tree, they might be distributing that driver still >> via other means. >> > I think it's more fundamental than that. If ralink -- or anyone else -- > submitted a plagiarized driver to the staging tree, we should remove it > immediately unless the copyright holder (David in this case) is willing > to allow us to retain it while things are sorted out. > > And yes, David still needs to contact ralink about sorting out the > violation. > > Finally, obviously, a proper Linux driver should use the AES facilities > in the kernel crypto core. > > -hpa Yes I am willing to allow you to retain it. I guess, to be all legalese.. I herein permit you to use any 802.11 related C code taken from the www.deadhat.com website, in the linux kernel, and to publish it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License.
Yes I've emailed ralink and VIA. I hope they're nice people.
DJ
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