Antonio Quartulli <a...@unstable.cc> writes: > On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 05:05:14PM +0300, Kalle Valo wrote: >> Antonio Quartulli <a...@unstable.cc> writes: >> >> > From: Antonio Quartulli <anto...@open-mesh.com> >> > >> > This patch was crafted long time ago to work around a key cache >> > corruption problem on ath9k chipsets. >> > >> > The workaround consists in periodically triggering a worker that >> > uploads all the keys to the HW cache. The worker is triggered also >> > when the vif detects 21 undecryptable packets. >> > >> > >> > This patch is based on top compat-wireless-2015-10-26. >> > >> > >> > I was asked to release this code to the public and, since it is >> > GPL, I am now doing it. >> >> GPL? AFAICS ath9k is under ISC. I'm not sure what you mean with the >> sentence above, but it's possible to interpret it so that this patch is >> not under ISC license, which is problematic. > > Honestly, my sentence was just a way to say "it makes sense to release this > patch to the public".
I was suspecting it was like that, I just wasn't sure. > If it needs to be ISC in order to be merged, then it can be released under > ISC. > > I don't want to enter a legal case :) Me neither. But I can't apply patches with unclear license. -- Kalle Valo _______________________________________________ ath9k-devel mailing list ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org https://lists.ath9k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath9k-devel
