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(Sat, 01 Nov 2014 09:54:06 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
Source: kfreebsd-10
Severity: serious
Tags: upstream
Justification: Policy 2.2.1
Dear Maintainer,
After reading a discussion on the gnu-linux-libre mailing list [1],
I found that the two files named ar9300_devid.h have a license that
restricts modification:
* Copyright (c) 2002-2004 Sam Leffler, Errno Consulting, Atheros
* Communications, Inc. All rights reserved.
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
* provided that the following conditions are met:
* 1. The materials contained herein are unmodified and are used
* unmodified.
* 2. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
* notice, this list of conditions and the following NO
* ''WARRANTY'' disclaimer below (''Disclaimer''), without
* modification.
* 3. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce at minimum a
* disclaimer similar to the Disclaimer below and any redistribution
* must be conditioned upon including a substantially similar
* Disclaimer requirement for further binary redistribution.
* 4. Neither the names of the above-listed copyright holders nor the
* names of any contributors may be used to endorse or promote
* product derived from this software without specific prior written
* permission.
*
* NO WARRANTY
* THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
* ''AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
* LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF NONINFRINGEMENT,
* MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
* IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
* FOR SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
* LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF
* USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
* ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
* OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT
* OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
* SUCH DAMAGES.
*
* $FreeBSD$
The two files are:
/sys/dev/ath/ath_hal/ar9003/ar9300_devid.h
/sys/contrib/dev/ath/ath_hal/ar9300/ar9300_devid.h
I'm not really sure what should be done about it, though.
[1] https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/gnu-linux-libre/2014-10/msg00014.html
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(Mon, 03 Nov 2014 20:30:11 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
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(Mon, 03 Nov 2014 21:33:14 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
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(Mon, 03 Nov 2014 21:33:14 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
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
The license of these files is:
* Copyright (c) 2002-2004 Sam Leffler, Errno Consulting, Atheros
* Communications, Inc. All rights reserved.
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
* provided that the following conditions are met:
* 1. The materials contained herein are unmodified and are used
* unmodified.
* 2. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
* notice, this list of conditions and the following NO
* ''WARRANTY'' disclaimer below (''Disclaimer''), without
* modification.
* 3. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce at minimum a
* disclaimer similar to the Disclaimer below and any redistribution
* must be conditioned upon including a substantially similar
* Disclaimer requirement for further binary redistribution.
* 4. Neither the names of the above-listed copyright holders nor the
* names of any contributors may be used to endorse or promote
* product derived from this software without specific prior written
* permission.
*
* NO WARRANTY
* THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
* ''AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
* LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF NONINFRINGEMENT,
* MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
* IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
* FOR SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
* LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF
* USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
* ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
* OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT
* OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
* SUCH DAMAGES.
*
* $FreeBSD$
There is a discussion about this going on at Debian:
https://bugs.debian.org/767583
Thanks for reading,
Riley Baird
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(Mon, 03 Nov 2014 21:39:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
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(Mon, 03 Nov 2014 21:39:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
Hi,
Christoph Egger wrote:
> Riley <BM-2cVqnDuYbAU5do2DfJTrN7ZbAJ246S4Xix@bitmessage.ch> writes:
> > After reading a discussion on the gnu-linux-libre mailing list [1],
> > I found that the two files named ar9300_devid.h have a license that
> > restricts modification:
> What does linux do (doesn't seem obvious from the link you
> quoted but codesearch seems to indicate debian linunx doesn't have it)?
Linux has a useful 3-clause BSD file:
http://sources.debian.net/src/linux/3.16.5-1/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/reg.h/
If we stripped that file of everything except the AR_SREV_REVISION_9*
and AR_SREV_VERSION_9* macros, prefixed the chipset numbers with the
abbreviated name of the manufacturer (AR or QCA), I think we'd have all
that's needed to still compile the FreeBSD driver.
Regards,
--
Steven Chamberlain
steven@pyro.eu.org
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(Mon, 03 Nov 2014 21:39:08 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
Hi,
> Do we think this is copyrightable material (adding FTP Master for
> input)? What does linux do (doesn't seem obvious from the link you
> quoted but codesearch seems to indicate debian linunx doesn't have
> it)? Has FreeBSD upstream been contacted?
Honestly, I doubt that it is copyrightable, but I think that I'll
leave that judgement up to the FTP Masters.
Linux upstream provides all firmware in a separate tree due to GPL
requirements. Strangely enough, it seems that they are still
distributing the closed-source firmware instead of
open-ath9k-htc-firmware (which is where the license problem was
discovered).
I hadn't contacted FreeBSD upstream about this before, but I just have
now. If you're subscribed to this bug, you should have received a copy
of the message.
Riley
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You have taken responsibility.
(Sun, 28 Dec 2014 12:09:32 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
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