# ARCTIC's Fan Controller Driver For Linux Being Dual-Licensed With BSD-2-Clause

DevFeed: [ARCTIC's Fan Controller Driver For Linux Being Dual-Licensed With BSD-2-Clause](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/arctic-s-fan-controller-driver-for-linux-being-dual-licensed-with-bsd-2-clause-12396.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.phoronix.com/news/ARCTIC-Fan-Controller-BSD>)

Author: Michael Larabel

Published: 2026-09-13T10:54:44Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [Phoronix](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/phoronix.md>)

Topics: [Linux](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [pc](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pc.md>), [Windows](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/windows.md>)

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## AI overview

ARCTIC has dual-licensed its arctic_fan_controller Linux driver under GPLv2+ and BSD-2-Clause. The change is intended to make porting the driver to BSD and other platforms easier, and it is expected to arrive through the Linux 7.4 kernel cycle.

## Source excerpt

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 ARCTIC 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...