Mailing List Archive: Licensing of IS89C35 WLAN USB driver [was Re: rt73usb: support for wireless in Kohjinsha subnotebook]

Licensing of IS89C35 WLAN USB driver [was Re: rt73usb: support for wireless in Kohjinsha subnotebook]

Oct 30, 2007, 4:22 AM

Post #1 of 4 (1029 views)

Hi!

You are listed as author of IS89C35 802.11bg WLAN USB Driver. That
driver has clear MODULE_LICENSE("GPL") tag, but not other notices.

Is it safe to assume whole sources are to be distributed under GPLv2?
(Or is it GPLv2 or later?)
Pavel

> > there's nothing to suggest otherwise, and there's explicit:
> >
> > #define DRIVER_AUTHOR "Jeff Lee<YY_Lee@issc.com.tw>"
> > #define DRIVER_DESC "IS89C35 802.11bg WLAN USB Driver"
> > MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
>
> So what about contacting the vendor and asking?

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Re: Licensing of IS89C35 WLAN USB driver [was Re: rt73usb: support for wireless in Kohjinsha subnotebook] [ In reply to ]

dcbw at redhat

Oct 30, 2007, 8:11 AM

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On Tue, 2007-10-30 at 12:22 +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
>
> You are listed as author of IS89C35 802.11bg WLAN USB Driver. That
> driver has clear MODULE_LICENSE("GPL") tag, but not other notices.
>
> Is it safe to assume whole sources are to be distributed under GPLv2?
> (Or is it GPLv2 or later?)

Pavel,

I sent mail as you requested on Sunday to Jeff Lee but haven't heard
back yet. I can't find any generic contact email addresses for ISSC
Taiwan or the Italian company that produced the adapter in question,
unfortunately.

Dan

> Pavel
>
> > > there's nothing to suggest otherwise, and there's explicit:
> > >
> > > #define DRIVER_AUTHOR "Jeff Lee<YY_Lee@issc.com.tw>"
> > > #define DRIVER_DESC "IS89C35 802.11bg WLAN USB Driver"
> > > MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> >
> > So what about contacting the vendor and asking?
>

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Re: Licensing of IS89C35 WLAN USB driver [was Re: rt73usb: support for wireless in Kohjinsha subnotebook] [ In reply to ]

pavel at ucw

Oct 30, 2007, 5:25 PM

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Hi!

> > You are listed as author of IS89C35 802.11bg WLAN USB Driver. That
> > driver has clear MODULE_LICENSE("GPL") tag, but not other notices.
> >
> > Is it safe to assume whole sources are to be distributed under GPLv2?
> > (Or is it GPLv2 or later?)
>
> Pavel,
>
> I sent mail as you requested on Sunday to Jeff Lee but haven't heard
> back yet.

Oops, sorry for confusion.

> I can't find any generic contact email addresses for ISSC
> Taiwan or the Italian company that produced the adapter in question,
> unfortunately.

http://www.issc.com.tw/contact.htm seems to be web based form. I
clicked something into it, lets see what happens.

(They ask for details like my fax number/phone number, and they can't
even spell :-().
Pavel
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Re: Licensing of IS89C35 WLAN USB driver [was Re: rt73usb: support for wireless in Kohjinsha subnotebook] [ In reply to ]

pavel at ucw

Nov 4, 2007, 11:00 AM

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On Tue 2007-10-30 11:11:59, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-10-30 at 12:22 +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > You are listed as author of IS89C35 802.11bg WLAN USB Driver. That
> > driver has clear MODULE_LICENSE("GPL") tag, but not other notices.
> >
> > Is it safe to assume whole sources are to be distributed under GPLv2?
> > (Or is it GPLv2 or later?)
>
> Pavel,
>
> I sent mail as you requested on Sunday to Jeff Lee but haven't heard
> back yet. I can't find any generic contact email addresses for ISSC
> Taiwan or the Italian company that produced the adapter in question,
> unfortunately.

Okay, I posted note to my blog, perhaps someone speaks up.
Pavel
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