Isn't the main difference between v2 and v3 the "Tivo Exception" as the call it? Not sure.
I guess I should add IANAL. TINLA. :P On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 3:32 PM, Marcus D. Leech <mle...@ripnet.com> wrote: >> How do the companies write closed-source drivers for the Linux Kernel >> without running into GPL2 issues? I can only recall that there is a >> "user-land" and a "kernel-land" driver, where the "kernel-land" is the >> only part that is open source. Is this correct? >> >> Perhaps that method could work well? >> >> > I thought GPLV2 was less onerous in this regard, and that case-law had > established that a loadable kernel driver didn't necessarily get > infected by the GPL virus. IANAL. TINLA. Etc. > > The last kernel driver I worked on we were planning to open-source as a way > of encouraging people to buy our (very closed-source!) chips. > Project fell apart before we hit market. Sigh. > > -- > Marcus Leech > Principal Investigator > Shirleys Bay Radio Astronomy Consortium > http://www.sbrac.org > > > _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio
