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Message-ID: <ded07e5c09d72da478c6218658095f5a.squirrel@deadhat.com> Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 14:49:28 -0800 From: dj@...dhat.com To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Why is my copyright code in the linux kernel? I was surprised to find code that is mine in Linux. Following the advice in the REPORTING_BUGS file, I'm sending this email here, for want of knowledge of a better contact. In 2002, I published code at www.deadhat.com to generate cryptographic vectors to aid in the development of IEEE 802.11i, a spec for which I was a contributor. One example can be found here: http://www.deadhat.com/wlancrypto/ccm1.2.c You will see a remarkable resemblance to parts of linux-2.6.36.2/drivers/staging/rt2860/common/cmm_aes.c. E.G. the AES code, the MIC header code and some ancillary functions. However my header with my name and copyright has been removed. A different copyright has been added and it has been licensed under the GPL without my knowledge. I am a happy user of Linux, I don't want to cause trouble and I'd be quite honored to have some of my code in the kernel, so I'm not demanding the immediate removal of this code. I'm willing to GPL my code if necessary, but I do require proper attribution and acknowledgment of my copyright on my code I'd like to know who is an appropriate person to discuss this with. Thank you, David Johnston dj@...dhat.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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