Hello, This is Benito from Brazil and I am work on a Android product.
I am facing a patent issue with one driver that is not GPL. It is out of my control to release it GPL-like (I do not own the patent) but I am authorized to modify it to meet a feature requirement. I need to export a information to user space (any application can read) but follow the common way (/sys FS) will lead to GPL violation (AFAIK use kernel functions to export in /sys will make the driver GPL too, am I wrong?). Does anyone have idea on how to avoid patent and GPL violation while still export the information? Driver used to export this information through /dev/device_name, however Google CTS enforced us to change /dev/device_name permission avoiding applications to access it on behalf of normal user. Thanks for any direction. My new feature needs this but I don't want to fall in a legal issue with patent holder neither GPL. Best regards, --* Josenivaldo Benito Jr.* *PU2LBD* Contact me: http://www.google.com/profiles/jrbenito *Por Aurélio Buarque de Hollanda, elite, do francês élite, significa “o que há de melhor em uma sociedade, minoria prestigiada, constituída pelos indivíduos mais aptos”. -- unsubscribe: android-kernel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-kernel
