Messages in this thread |  | | From | "Adam J. Richter" <> | Date | Fri, 25 May 2001 03:36:43 -0700 | Subject | Re: Fwd: Copyright infringement in linux/drivers/usb/serial/keyspan*fw.h |
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Here's a surprise. I think the problems with the keyspan copyrights may have sprung from an administrative error. I notice that the copyright notices in linux-2.4.*/drivers/usb/serial/keyspan_usa{26,28,49}msg.h, which look GPL compatible to me, look as if they were intended for keyspan_usa{18x,19,28,28x,49w}_fw.h, since they refer to firmware in their titles:
Copyright (c) 1998-2000 InnoSys Incorporated. All Rights Reserved This file is available under a BSD-style copyright
Keyspan USB Async Firmware to run on Anchor EZ-USB ^^^^^^^^
Yet, the keyspan*msg.h files have no firmware. The firmware is in keyspan_usa*_fw.h.
Hugh, perhaps you could pass this up the chain of command at Keyspan and see if they will simply grant permission to replace the *_fw.h copyright notice with the one from *msg.h, which is probably a lot simpler than having them spend lawyer and management time on writing new terms.
I have cc'ed this to linux-kernel because there is a current discussion going on there on this subject that I had just responded to.
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