Hi,
On 22-Apr-01 Adam J. Richter wrote:
> So far, I have been unable to reach http://www.smcc.demon.nl/webcam/,
> and I see a name of the person to contact about the driver,
That would be me :-)
Anyway, can you send me a traceroute (private, not on the list)? A few months
ago some routers at alter.net managed to screw up their routing tables for
more than a WEEK, such that my website was unreachable (but mail got
through).
> but I think
> that the source code part would be fine for inclusion (I'm assuming no
> weird GPL-incompatible copying conditions on it), but the proprietary
> binary would be GPL incompatible. Besides the legal issues, that would
> interfere with distributions that either do not include unfree software
> or that keep unfree software in a separate area.
The source part is placed under the GPL; AFAIK, it is allowed to link in
binary stuff into the Linux kernel as an exception by Linus. However, if I
distribute the binary part as a module that you load separately, there are
no issues at all. Since I would not limit distribution of such a module,
distributors can decide to include the module on their CDs or not. Users can
otherwise download the module from my webpage.
- Nemosoft
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