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Contributions to hostap.git
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This software is distributed under a permissive open source license to
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allow it to be used in any projects, whether open source or proprietary.
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Contributions to the project are welcome and it is important to maintain
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clear record of contributions and terms under which they are licensed.
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To help with this, following procedure is used to allow acceptance and
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recording of the terms.
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All contributions are expected to be licensed under the modified BSD
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license (see below). Acknowledgment of the terms is tracked through
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inclusion of Signed-off-by tag in the contributions at the end of the
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commit log message. This tag indicates that the contributor agrees with
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the Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO) version 1.1 terms (see below;
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also available from http://developercertificate.org/).
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The current requirements for contributions to hostap.git
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To indicate your acceptance of Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1
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terms, please add the following line to the end of the commit message
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for each contribution you make to the project:
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Signed-off-by: Your Name <your@email.example.org>
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using your real name. Pseudonyms or anonymous contributions cannot
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unfortunately be accepted.
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The preferred method of submitting the contribution to the project is by
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email to the hostap mailing list:
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hostap@lists.infradead.org
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Note that the list may require subscription before accepting message
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without moderation. You can subscribe to the list at this address:
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http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/hostap
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The message should contain an inlined patch against the current
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development branch (i.e., the master branch of
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git://w1.fi/hostap.git). Please make sure the software you use for
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sending the patch does not corrupt whitespace. If that cannot be fixed
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for some reason, it is better to include an attached version of the
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patch file than just send a whitespace damaged version in the message
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body.
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The patches should be separate logical changes rather than doing
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everything in a single patch. In other words, please keep cleanup, new
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features, and bug fixes all in their own patches. Each patch needs a
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commit log that describes the changes (what the changes fix, what
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functionality is added, why the changes are useful, etc.).
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Please try to follow the coding style used in the project.
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In general, the best way of generating a suitable formatted patch file
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is by committing the changes to a cloned git repository and using git
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format-patch. The patch can then be sent, e.g., with git send-email.
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History of license and contributions terms
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Until February 11, 2012, in case of most files in hostap.git, "under the
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open source license indicated in the file" means that the contribution
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is licensed both under GPL v2 and modified BSD license (see below) and
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the choice between these licenses is given to anyone who redistributes
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or uses the software. As such, the contribution has to be licensed under
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both options to allow this choice.
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As of February 11, 2012, the project has chosen to use only the BSD
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license option for future distribution. As such, the GPL v2 license
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option is no longer used and the contributions are not required to be
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licensed until GPL v2. In case of most files in hostap.git, "under the
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open source license indicated in the file" means that the contribution
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is licensed under the modified BSD license (see below).
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Until February 13, 2014, the project used an extended version of the DCO
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that included the identical items (a) through (d) from DCO 1.1 and an
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additional item (e):
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(e) The contribution can be licensed under the modified BSD license
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as shown below even in case of files that are currently licensed
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under other terms.
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This was used during the period when some of the files included the old
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license terms. Acceptance of this extended DCO version was indicated
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with a Signed-hostap tag in the commit message. This additional item (e)
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was used to collect explicit approval to license the contribution with
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only the modified BSD license (see below), i.e., without the GPL v2
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option. This was done to allow simpler licensing terms to be used in the
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future. It should be noted that the modified BSD license is compatible
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with GNU GPL and as such, this possible move to simpler licensing option
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does not prevent use of this software in GPL projects.
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===[ start quote from http://developercertificate.org/ ]=======================
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Developer Certificate of Origin
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Version 1.1
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Copyright (C) 2004, 2006 The Linux Foundation and its contributors.
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660 York Street, Suite 102,
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San Francisco, CA 94110 USA
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Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this
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license document, but changing it is not allowed.
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Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1
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By making a contribution to this project, I certify that:
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(a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I
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have the right to submit it under the open source license
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indicated in the file; or
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(b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best
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of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source
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license and I have the right under that license to submit that
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work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part
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by me, under the same open source license (unless I am
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permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated
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in the file; or
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(c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other
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person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified
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it.
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(d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution
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are public and that a record of the contribution (including all
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personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is
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maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with
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this project or the open source license(s) involved.
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===[ end quote from http://developercertificate.org/ ]=========================
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The license terms used for hostap.git files
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Modified BSD license (no advertisement clause):
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Copyright (c) 2002-2016, Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> and contributors
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All Rights Reserved.
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Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
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met:
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1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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3. Neither the name(s) of the above-listed copyright holder(s) nor the
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names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products
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derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
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THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
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"AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
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LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
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A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
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OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
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SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
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LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
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DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
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THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
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(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
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OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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