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Re: who is the author of the Linux evdev patch to lnx_kbd.c?



On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 03:19:07PM -0500, Zephaniah E. Hull wrote:
> I should have put a note on it when I wrote it.

You did put a copyright notice in one file, but there was no license
information, so that was needed.  Also, your work was split up into 3
patches.

> The same applies to the entirety of the evdev patch, including the
> evdev helper stuff and the mice patch.

I've put the following legalese into SVN.  This information is, at
present, just in the patch annotation, not in the source code itself.

  Copyright 2003 Zephaniah E. Hull.

  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
  copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
  to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
  the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
  and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
  Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
  all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
  IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL
  ZEPHANIAH E. HULL BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
  WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF
  OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
  SOFTWARE.

  Except as contained in this notice, the name of Zephaniah E. Hull shall
  not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other
  dealings in this Software without prior written authorization from
  Zephaniah E. Hull.

Does that look all right?

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