ARCTIC's Fan Controller Driver For Linux Being Dual-Licensed With BSD-2-Clause
ARCTIC has dual-licensed its Linux fan controller driver under both GPLv2+ and BSD-2-Clause to facilitate porting to other operating systems. This licensing change allows the driver to be used on BSD-based systems and other platforms that prefer non-GNU licenses. The update is expected to be included in the Linux 7.4 kernel cycle later this year.
- ▪ARCTIC published a Linux driver for its fan controller before the product's official release.
- ▪The driver is now dual-licensed under GPLv2+ and BSD-2-Clause to support broader platform adoption.
- ▪This licensing change enables the driver to be used on BSD systems and other non-GNU platforms.
- ▪The dual-licensed driver has been merged into the hwmon-next Git branch for the upcoming Linux 7.4 kernel.
- ▪The ARCTIC Fan Controller is available for purchase at a price of $8.99 USD.
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ARCTIC's Fan Controller Driver For Linux Being Dual-Licensed With BSD-2-Clause Written by Michael Larabel in Hardware on 13 September 2026 at 06:54 AM EDT. Add A Comment Earlier this year ARCTIC published a fan controller driver for Linux. Besides being rare for an enthusiast-oriented company to publish a Linux driver themselves where typically it's left up to the open-source community for driver support for such peripherals, it was all the more interesting as they published the Linux driver and got it mainlined before the product was even released. In the end the ARTCIC Fan Controller is the best desktop fan controller for Linux and less than $10 USD. That open-source driver is now being dual-licensed to help with in bringing it to more operating systems.
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