Re: [Devil-linux-develop] new hostap driver and more ...

[Heiko Z. <he...@zu...>]

Friedrich Lobenstock wrote:
> Emmanuel ESCARABAJAL wrote on 03.01.2004 16:43 MET:
> 
>> i looked further in the distrib files and find one in the hal dir, 
>> specificaly for the binary only part :
>>
>> All files contained in this distribution are covered by the following
>> copyright unless explicitly identified otherwise.  Note that this
>> copyright does _NOT_ contain a "or GPL" clause and does _NOT_ permit
>> redistribution with changes.
>>
>> /*-
>>  * Copyright (c) 2002, 2003 Sam Leffler, Errno Consulting, Atheros
>>  * Communications, Inc.  All rights reserved.
>>  *
>>  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
>>  * provided that the following conditions are met:
>>  * 1. The materials contained herein are unmodified and are used
>>  *    unmodified.
>>  * 2. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
>>  *    notice, this list of conditions and the following NO
>>  *    ''WARRANTY'' disclaimer below (''Disclaimer''), without
>>  *    modification.
>>  * 3. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce at minimum a
>>  *    disclaimer similar to the Disclaimer below and any redistribution
>>  *    must be conditioned upon including a substantially similar
>>  *    Disclaimer requirement for further binary redistribution.
>>  * 4. Neither the names of the above-listed copyright holders nor the
>>  *    names of any contributors may be used to endorse or promote
>>  *    product derived from this software without specific prior written
>>  *    permission.
>>  *
>>  * NO WARRANTY
>>  * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
>>  * ''AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
>>  * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF NONINFRINGEMENT,
>>  * MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
>>  * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
>>  * FOR SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
>>  * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF
>>  * USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
>>  * ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
>>  * OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT
>>  * OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
>>  * SUCH DAMAGES.
>>  *
>>  * $Id: COPYRIGHT,v 1.2 2003/06/25 04:50:21 sam Exp $
>>  */
>> "COPYRIGHT" 42L, 2116C
>>
>> Is it Ok for You ? For me it is but i may have missunderstood 
>> important implications ...
> 
> 
> Ok that looks fine in regards to packaging with DL too me, but
> according to §3 you have to print the "NO WARRANTY..." stuff.
> 
> Heiko what about adding such a "NO WARRANTY" for the whole DL
> when it starts up? Could be useful for ourselfs ;-)
> 

Not a bad idea, where do you think we should add it, to the files issue.* ?

Heiko