On Sat, 1 Mar 2003, Martin Langer wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> the ALSA-0.5 Geode Driver (geode.c) on
> http://www.gctglobal.com/Download/alsa-geode.tar.gz
> which still waits for a port to 0.9 has the following license, which is not
> GPL. Is it really possible to include such a license into the alsa package?
> (I see the big problem in the export laws because the kernel is under GPL
> without an export rule)
>
> I won't use this code, but I'm definitely no license expert. Or is it possible
> to use a different license for a port (IMHO it's more than a modification, but
> I don't know the definition of a lawyer in this case)
>
> On the other hand I found another older file in the tgz called geode_BAK.c
> without a license text. Same license, no license or GPL for that file?
>
> Or can a port use a dual license (GPL/NSC OSL)?
>
> Anybody there who knows something?
I think that if you write the whole driver without cut-n-paste using only
hardware information from the original source then you can use your own
license without problems.
Jaroslav
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Jaroslav Kysela <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Linux Kernel Sound Maintainer
ALSA Project, SuSE Labs
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