linux-kernel - Re: Fwd: That whole "Linux stealing our code" thing

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Message-ID: <46DAC482.5090107@garzik.org>
Date:	Sun, 02 Sep 2007 10:11:14 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>
CC:	Igor Sobrado <igor@...dmat1.ciencias.uniovi.es>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>,
	"Constantine A. Murenin" <mureninc@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
Subject: Re: Fwd: That whole "Linux stealing our code" thing

Krzysztof Halasa wrote:
> WRT Atheros driver I'd probably leave the thing as is (i.e., BSD/GPL
> = in fact BSD), unless something like 50+% of the code is rewritten -
> it's mostly their hard work after all, isn't it? Not legal
> requirement, though.

Yes.  This deserves to be reinforced:

There is definite value in sharing the ath5k HAL between OpenBSD and Linux.

	Jeff


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