[pkg-fso-maint] Bug#571162: wmiconfig: please clarify license of ieee80211.h

Timo Juhani Lindfors timo.lindfors at iki.fi
Tue Feb 23 22:35:31 UTC 2010


Package: wmiconfig
Version: 0.1-1
Severity: normal


This package is not yet in Debian but it will be soon, please see
http://wiki.debian.org/pkg-fso.


debian/copyright says

src/ieee80211.h is licensed under BSD License, which can be found under
`/usr/share/common-licenses/BSD`.

but the headers in that file do not seem to talk about BSD license:


/*-
 * Copyright (c) 2001 Atsushi Onoe
 * Copyright (c) 2002-2004 Sam Leffler, Errno Consulting
 * Copyright (c) 2006 Atheros Communications, Inc.
 *
 * Wireless Network driver for Atheros AR6001
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
 * IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
 * OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
 * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
 * INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
 * NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
 * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
 * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
 * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
 * THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 *
 */

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