From 451980182c2b8f34cd7713fc66f24fd797c54633 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adrian Chadd Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:51:48 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify the licence terms a little more. It seems people think the firmware is (part, full) GPLv2, which is actually totally untrue. --- README | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) diff --git a/README b/README index f65902d..2b78e81 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -8,6 +8,26 @@ This is the firmware which resides in RAM on the AR7010/AR9271 NICs. It is used by ath9k (Linux) and athn (OpenBSD) to provide wireless services. +What licence is this covered by? +-------------------------------- + +The Qualcomm Atheros owned code is under the ISC licence. + +The NOTICES.TXT file contains copyright notices for software which +this firmware release leverages. + +There is some code that is based off of work done under contract +but is owned by Qualcomm Atheros; the original copyright statements +from that work are in NOTICES.TXT. + +The Tensilica code (xtos/xtensa) is distributed with permission from +Tensilica, Inc., under the MIT licence. + +There are three ECOS source files distributed under the terms of +the GPLv2, with a caveat that linking or using the source files does +not bring the rest of the binary under the GPLv2. Please read the +ECOS caveats in more detail. + Ok, what are those NICs? ------------------------ -- 2.31.1