I'm not a layer either and not the author of the patch, but I don't see any obvious relationship between the cited Ralink sources and the bunch of RF5350-specific tests added to the rt2x00 GPL sources by Serge's patch, besides the fact that he mentioned in his forum post that "WLAN support was added based on dlink gpl archive file"?
Maybe Serge could explain what he did exactly, so we can see if it prevents from integrating his code into a GPL licensed driver? -Michel Le 06/01/2013 11:33, John Crispin a écrit : > >>> >>> *************************************************************************** >>> * Ralink Tech Inc. >>> * 4F, No. 2 Technology 5th Rd. >>> * Science-based Industrial Park >>> * Hsin-chu, Taiwan, R.O.C. >>> * >>> * (c) Copyright 2002-2004, Ralink Technology, Inc. >>> * >>> * All rights reserved. Ralink's source code is an unpublished work and the >>> * use of a copyright notice does not imply otherwise. This source code >>> * contains confidential trade secret material of Ralink Tech. Any attemp >>> * or participation in deciphering, decoding, reverse engineering or in any >>> * way altering the source code is stricitly prohibited, unless the prior >>> * written consent of Ralink Technology, Inc. is obtained. >>> >>> *************************************************************************** >> >> Although I'm not a lawyer, but in my understanding, this does not allows to >> use >> that code as a basis for GPL licensed driver. >> >> -Gabor >> >> 1. https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?pid=186188#p186188 >> > > i have sent an email to MTK to ask ;) > > John > > > _______________________________________________ > openwrt-devel mailing list > openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org > https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel _______________________________________________ openwrt-devel mailing list openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
