HEADSUP: urtw(4) to be committed soon

[Joel Dahl]

Weongyo Jeong skrev:
> Hello,
> 
> I would like to commit urtw(4) driver for supporting Realtek's 8187L
> wireless chipset based on USB into HEAD by the end of the week if there
> are no objections.  And the license of files would be as follows that
> AFAIK it's based on OpenBSD's template license file:
> 
> /*-
>  * Copyright (c) 2008 Weongyo Jeong <weongyo at FreeBSD.org>
>  *
>  * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
>  * purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
>  * copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
>  *
>  * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
>  * WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
>  * MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
>  * ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
>  * WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
>  * ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
>  * OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
>  */
> 
> Because I'm not a lawyer it'd definitely fail to answer about your
> detailed questions.  Just one thing I want to is that it's okay if it's
> enough to use in *BSD, OpenSolaris and etc.  Not want to go into
> troubles.  :-)

Well, the FreeBSD project uses the following license:

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  *
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  *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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  *
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--
Joel