Re: [PATCH] Intel clock speed detection

Martin von Loewis (martin@mira.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de)
Tue, 23 Dec 1997 23:22:52 +0100

> Using some assembly routines from a patch I acquired a few months ago,
> whose author I have completely forgotten, I've made some preliminary
> patches against 2.1.75.
[...]
> Hopefully, this will allow its inclusion into the
> mainstream kernel once all the issues have been taken care of.

Given the unclear copyright situation, I would object to including
this code into the kernel. Your patch does not give any indication
of authorship, which is already a violation of the GPL, clause 2a.

Even if you attach your own change notice, it seems that the original
author of those routines would have reason to claim a copyright
violation. So I recommend that you first try to locate the original
author of the code, before investing more time into this patch.

Thanks,
Martin