Bug#387760: linux-modules-extra-2.6: adding linux-wlan-ng modules
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Sven Luther wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 16, 2006 at 06:10:32PM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote:
>> tags 387760 moreinfo
>> thanks
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 16, 2006 at 05:20:16PM +0200, Victor Seva wrote:
>>> Please add linux-wlan-ng modules.
>> The copyright file is not appropriate. It lists the MPL which is
>> incompatible with the GPL and the modules can't be used under this
>> license.
>
> My understanding is that it is dual-licenced, but then maybe i am wrong.
> Victor, can you comment on this ?
AFAIK it's dual-licenced.
* COPYING
*
* Copyright (C) 1999 AbsoluteValue Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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*
* linux-wlan
*
* The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public
* License Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file
* except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
* the License at http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
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* Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS
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> Also, Bastian, why is the modules being MPL a problem ? I mean we have
> binary-only modules and such, and it should be ok. The current idea is that
> the module interface boundary, as long as it doesn't use GPL-only symbols,
> constitute a clean enough barrier so as to not cause GPL-compatibility
> problems.
>
> Friendly,
>
> Sven Luther
>
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