On 01/09/07, Martin Schrvder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2007/9/2, Constantine A. Murenin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > If you want your modifications to be licensed differently, then you > > would have to put a new licence on top of existing licensing text, as > > far I as understand. This is how it's often done in OpenBSD and > > NetBSD, IIRC. > > This has to agreed by all copyright holders.
You are mistaken, it has not -- as long as the licences are compatible and the names of the copyright holders appear aligned to their correct licence. However, with this Atheros HAL case this is not the solution -- if the Linux people wrap GPL around BSD code, then we won't be able to get any changes back. C.