FreeBSD 5.3 and Adaptec raidutils (again)

Ketrien I. Saihr-Kenchedra ketrien at error404.nls.net
Mon Dec 6 15:46:06 PST 2004


On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, Matt Rowley wrote:

> Sorry, I don't have a copy of the original message that went to current at ...
<snip>
> A few other files have different license headers, copyrighted by Adaptec, 
> Distributed Processing Technology Corporation, and I2O Special Interest 
> Group.  The files are:
<snip>
> But these licenses look identical to those in /usr/src/sys/dev/asr/i2o* in 
> FreeBSD's tree.
> These two files: i2omodul.h i2odep.h, in raidutils-0.0.4/raideng/ have a 
> different I20 license that says "These header files are provided, pursuant to 
> your I2O SIG membership agreement"... it basically sounds like a no-warranty 
> disclaimer, but I don't know what the I20 SIG agreement is to which they 
> referring.

I have to wonder at the validity of those licenses, actually. I was looking at
them with relation to some i960 work I've been doing, and try as I might, the
I2O SIG seems to no longer exist in any form. I'd love to find out otherwise,
if only so the license can be clarified.

-Ketrien I. Saihr-Kenchedra


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