Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 24 May 2001 23:26:20 -0700 (PDT) | From | Matthew Jacob <> | Subject | Re: Fwd: Copyright infringement in linux/drivers/usb/serial/keyspan*fw.h |
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Sure- that's not BSD. You were speaking about all kinds of firmware, at least I thought you were. Must be too short on sleep.
On Thu, 24 May 2001, Aaron Lehmann wrote:
> On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 10:00:15PM -0700, Matthew Jacob wrote: > > > > It is my opinion, such as it is, that a BSD copyright inside of a GPL package > > does not, per se, weaken the GPL. The BSD copyright is, in fact, the more > > permissive license. My reading of both licenses would have me believe that a > > BSD licensed piece of software cannot then permit the linux kernel to be > > binary only. The BSD licencse does not, per se, prohibit any form of binary > > redistribution- nor does it require it. The GPL covers the whole kernel, and > > if a BSD piece of code is directly linked in (not modloaded), it would have to > > also be under GPL. > > > > So pieces of linux-kernel which have BSD copyright are probably just fine. > > /* keyspan_usa18x_fw.h > > Generated from Keyspan firmware image Wed Jul 5 09:18:29 2000 EST > This firmware is for the Keyspan USA-18X Serial Adaptor > > "The firmware contained herein as keyspan_usa18x_fw.h is > Copyright (C) 1999-2000 Keyspan, A division of InnoSys Incorporated > ("Keyspan"), as an unpublished work. This notice does not imply > unrestricted or public access to this firmware which is a trade secret of > Keyspan, and which may not be reproduced, used, sold or transferred to any > third party without Keyspan's prior written consent. All Rights Reserved. > > This firmware may not be modified and may only be used with the Keyspan > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > USA-18X Serial Adapter. Distribution and/or Modification of the > keyspan.c driver which includes this firmware, in whole or in part, > requires the inclusion of this statement." > > That doesn't look like the BSD license to me. > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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