all patches have a unclear license since most patches are not comming with any licence declaration ;-)
Am 27.10.2016 um 08:02 schrieb Kalle Valo: > 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. > -- Mit freundlichen Grüssen / Regards Sebastian Gottschall / CTO NewMedia-NET GmbH - DD-WRT Firmensitz: Berliner Ring 101, 64625 Bensheim Registergericht: Amtsgericht Darmstadt, HRB 25473 Geschäftsführer: Peter Steinhäuser, Christian Scheele http://www.dd-wrt.com email: s.gottsch...@dd-wrt.com Tel.: +496251-582650 / Fax: +496251-5826565 _______________________________________________ ath9k-devel mailing list ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org https://lists.ath9k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath9k-devel
