License of target_firmware/wlan/ah_osdep.h

[Adrian Chadd]

Hi,

I just missed this file when converting it. Assume the licence is
correct and I'll go make it correct soon.



-adrian


On 14 November 2014 17:21, Patrick 'P. J.' McDermott <pj at pehjota.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I tried sending the following message about three weeks ago, but I
> wasn't subscribed so it sat in moderation.
>
> On 2014-10-26 16:45, Patrick 'P. J.' McDermott wrote:
>> While reviewing the copyright and license notices of the firmware, I
>> noticed the following header in target_firmware/wlan/ah_osdep.h:
>>
>>     /*-
>>      * 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.
>> [...]
>>
>> With this prohibition on modification, this file isn't open source or
>> free software.
>>
>> This file apparently comes from the old Atheros HAL Linux and FreeBSD
>> kernel module shim [1].  And, despite the license, it has been modified
>> since the initial firmware source release and probably by Atheros before
>> that.
>>
>> Can/should Sam be contacted to request relicensing?  Or could this code
>> be replaced somehow?
>>
>> [1]: https://madwifi-project.org/browser/trunk/hal/linux/ah_osdep.h?rev=1722
>>
>> Thanks,
>
> Revision 162413 [1] of FreeBSD's base repository says that ah_osdep.[ch]
> were "mistakenly given a restricted license and not a dual-bsd/gpl
> license", and it removes condition 1 from the license.  Does this
> suffice as permission from Sam to change the license of this file?
> Adrian or anyone else at QCA, can this license (in ah_osdep.h and
> NOTICE.TXT) be changed?
>
> Also, there are now two open issues [2][3] on GitHub about this license.
>
> [1]: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=162413
> [2]: https://github.com/qca/open-ath9k-htc-firmware/issues/45
> [3]: https://github.com/qca/open-ath9k-htc-firmware/issues/70
>
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> Patrick "P. J." McDermott
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