On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 5:39 PM Rodney W. Grimes <free...@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> wrote
> That ones a bit iffy in a source released situation, what does it > mean to "reverse engineer" source code? > I don't know. Keep in mind that is the license for that binary in the directory; the actual source code for the driver (not in this sys/contrib/dev/ice directory) is still the 3-clause BSD license. > A patent clause? I do not believe we have any code in the tree > with an attached patent clause. > The text in that LICENSE is actually exactly the same as the one used for the Wi-Fi firmware blobs in sys/contrib/iwm and sys/contrib/iwn. The one in iwn has been in there for 12 years. > It must be interpretted that an "express licenese" overrides these terms to > be safe. It is not clear to me that the contentx of LICENSE file are an > over riding express license to these statements here as neither is > explicity > in the materials covered by the license. > I will look at this, though I'm not sure that having the LICENSE file in the same directory wouldn't be obvious enough. - Eric _______________________________________________ svn-src-head@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-head-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"