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Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Non-free file in open-ath9k-htc-firmware
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Patrick 'P. J.' McDermott |
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Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Non-free file in open-ath9k-htc-firmware |
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Fri, 14 Nov 2014 21:26:21 -0500 |
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On 2014-11-14 21:20, Chris wrote:
> On 2014-11-14 08:57 PM, Patrick 'P. J.' McDermott wrote:
[...]
>> However, I eventually found evidence [3] in FreeBSD's base repository
>> that the restrictive license was mistakenly applied and that the
>> disjunction of the modified three-clause BSD license and GNU GPL 2.0 was
>> supposed to be applied instead.
>>
>> After three weeks of waiting in moderation, I finally got a message
>> about this license and the apparent mistake onto upstream's mailing list
>> [4] and there are a couple of bug reports about it. So we'll see what
>> upstream says.
>>
>
> OK,
>
> Sounds like the problem is solved then?
Adrian replied [1] to say he'll fix the license, so it seems so!
[1]: http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/ath9k_htc_fw/2014-November/000413.html
>> I think QCA can fix this license.
>
> Great.
>
>>
>> [3]: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=162413
>> [4]:
>> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/ath9k_htc_fw/2014-November/000412.html
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