Re: [gentoo-dev] Clarify the "as-is" license?

[Alexandre Rostovtsev]

On Sun, 2012-09-23 at 23:37 +0200, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
> - net-wireless/zd1201-firmware: No license in tarball or on homepage.

Ubuntu distributes it in their linux-firmware package with the following
LICENCE.zd1201 file:

  The firmware was originally distributed by Zydas in their original driver package.
  
  (You can still find it at http://linux-lc100020.sourceforge.net/ )
  This package was distributed under both the GPL and MPL.
  The firmware was in it in the form of a large array in a header file.

More precisely, if you download the old Zydas driver source from
http://sourceforge.net/projects/linux-lc100020/files/%28OLD%29%20wlan-ng%20based%20driver/
the license terms are

  The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public
  License Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file
  except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
  the License at http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/

  Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS
  IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or
  implied. See the License for the specific language governing
  rights and limitations under the License.

  Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the
  terms of the GNU Public License version 2 (the "GPL"), in which
  case the provisions of the GPL are applicable instead of the
  above.  If you wish to allow the use of your version of this file
  only under the terms of the GPL and not to allow others to use
  your version of this file under the MPL, indicate your decision
  by deleting the provisions above and replace them with the notice
  and other provisions required by the GPL.  If you do not delete
  the provisions above, a recipient may use your version of this
  file under either the MPL or the GPL.

tl;dr: LICENSE="|| ( MPL-1.1 GPL-2 )"

-Alexandre.