Continued Atheros Discussions
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| Disagreement continued as to whether or not the BSD license allows the
| addition of new copyrights on unmodified or minimally modified code. Another
| disagreement was over the continued existence of improperly licensed files in
| developer source code repository histories from when BSD licensed files had
| been changed to the GPL, a problem since fixed.
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http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/Continued_Atheros_Discussions
Some believe that Theo plays for Microsoft (against Linux or the GPL).
Related:
SFLC on Atheros Driver Issue
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| Let me therefore point out one last time that if the threats of litigation
| and bluster about crime and malpractice--none of which has the slightest
| basis in fact or law--were withdrawn, we would be able to resume detailed
| communication with everyone who has a stake in the outcome.
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http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/SFLC_on_Atheros_Driver_Issue
http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-kernel/2007/9/16/261061
Atheros Driver Developments
http://kerneltrap.org/OpenBSD/Atheros_Driver_Developments
Relicensing: what's legal and what's right
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| In the end, distributing versions of the ath5k driver under GPLv2 (with the
| requisite copyright attributions maintained) is something which the Linux
| community is entitled to do. Anybody who does not like more restrictive
| conditions being applied to BSD-licensed code is well advised to avoid using
| the BSD license to begin with. But the legal ability to do something does not
| make that something the right course of action. Only the developers who have
| worked on the ath5k driver have the right to decide which license they will
| use, but it's worth saying that allowing the BSD community to make use of
| work done on the ath5k driver would be a friendly gesture and an
| acknowledgment of the value of the code we got from them. The benefits from
| such an act would likely outweigh any cost associated with allowing unwanted
| proprietary use of the code which has been added to this driver.
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http://lwn.net/Articles/247872/
Open Source coders caught stealing Open Source code
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38746
GPL-BSD stoush: de Raadt hints at legal action
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/14447/1091/
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