https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=357514
User drankinatty@suddenlinkmail.com added comment
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=357514#c20
--- Comment #20 from David Rankin
The reason for not shipping madwifi (even in NON-OSS) is simple: legal issues!
What legal issues? I'm an attorney and I don't see any. Why don't we just ask the madwifi folks if we can include it or let them know we are going to? The copyright is simple, with minimal conditions and it is under a gpl 2 license agreement: root/madwifi/branches/madwifi-0.9.3/COPYRIGHT <quote> All files contained in this distribution are covered by the following 2 copyright unless explicitly identified otherwise. 3 4 /*- 5 * Copyright (c) 2002-2005 Sam Leffler, Errno Consulting 6 * All rights reserved. 7 * 8 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 9 * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 10 * are met: 11 * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 12 * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer, 13 * without modification. 14 * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce at minimum a disclaimer 15 * similar to the "NO WARRANTY" disclaimer below ("Disclaimer") and any 16 * redistribution must be conditioned upon including a substantially 17 * similar Disclaimer requirement for further binary redistribution. 18 * 3. Neither the names of the above-listed copyright holders nor the names 19 * of any contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived 20 * from this software without specific prior written permission. 21 * 22 * Alternatively, this software may be distributed under the terms of the 23 * GNU General Public License ("GPL") version 2 as published by the Free 24 * Software Foundation. 25 * 26 * NO WARRANTY 27 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS 28 * ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT 29 * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF NONINFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTIBILITY 30 * AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL 31 * THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, 32 * OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 33 * SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 34 * INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER 35 * IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 36 * ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF 37 * THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. 38 * 39 * $Id: COPYRIGHT,v 1.4 2004/01/13 18:05:41 samleffler Exp $ 40 */ </quote> -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.