"After years of encouragement from the OpenBSD community for others to use Reyk Floeter's free atheros wireless driver, it seems that the Linux world is finally listening. Unfortunately, they seem to think that they can strip the BSD license right out of it." Update: The issue has been fixed, but sadly, lkml.org is down, so I cannot give any links just yet.
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Member since:2006-07-15
http://kerneltrap.org/node/14243
Maybe this clarifies it. There is no "it seems" in copyright law.
Member since:2005-10-02
Theo is wrong about the removal of the BSD-part of Sam Leffler's file (ath5k_base.h). The moment you use, modify or distribute the file you have the right to choose one of the licenses (or both if you want to do keep the dual-licensing).
Theo claims incorrectly that the right to choose one of the licenses don't exists UNTIL a modification has been made. Truth is that it kicks in the moment, you use, modify and/or distribute the file. So everything has been done 110% correct for the BSD-licensed parts. The problem is the three files NOT under the BSD and NOT under the GPL. Those three files have had their license violated. That's clear. But Theo is rambling like a stupid maniac in regard to the dual-licensed files.
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2005-08-17
There doesn't seem to be any stealling going on at all.
It seems that is was originally licenced under the GPLv2 (and also under the BSD) and it's been included in the -mm kernel under the GPLv2.
I don't see what the problem is.