Bug#767583: ar9300_devid.h license restricts modification
Hi!
The license of two files in the ath_hal driver appears to restrict
modification. The two files are:
/sys/dev/ath/ath_hal/ar9003/ar9300_devid.h
/sys/contrib/dev/ath/ath_hal/ar9300/ar9300_devid.h
The license of these files is:
* 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.
* 2. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
* notice, this list of conditions and the following NO
* ''WARRANTY'' disclaimer below (''Disclaimer''), without
* modification.
* 3. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce at minimum a
* disclaimer similar to the Disclaimer below and any redistribution
* must be conditioned upon including a substantially similar
* Disclaimer requirement for further binary redistribution.
* 4. Neither the names of the above-listed copyright holders nor the
* names of any contributors may be used to endorse or promote
* product derived from this software without specific prior written
* permission.
*
* NO WARRANTY
* THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
* ''AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
* LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF NONINFRINGEMENT,
* MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
* IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
* FOR SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
* LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF
* USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
* ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
* OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT
* OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
* SUCH DAMAGES.
*
* $FreeBSD$
There is a discussion about this going on at Debian:
https://bugs.debian.org/767583
Thanks for reading,
Riley Baird
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