Luc Verhaegen wrote: > On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 10:58:42AM -0700, Magnus Feuer wrote: >> There have been a few takers. I will follow up on them today. >> >> One question about a VIA NDA: If we sign an NDA with VIA in order to >> obtain specs and developer docs, will we not be prohibited from >> releasing the finished LinuxBIOS port under GPL since the source would >> show the secrets covered by the NDA? >> >> /Magnus F. > > If it's from the datasheet only, then there is no problem with the NDA > documents i've seen (but never signed). VIAs Linux NDA addendum only > prohibits redistribution of (only) GPLed code VIA handed to you directly > but hasn't made generally public (yet). It therefor directly forces you > to breach the GPL. > > Daft, clueless, useless and will probably not stand in court. > > A typical example of VIA stupidity. > > Luc Verhaegen. > http://unichrome.Sf.net/ >
I have, erm, acquired the vt8237r datasheets (not through via, either). Email me privately for anyone who wishes to work on this. If you aren't a usual poster on the mailing list, or someone I know, don't expect a reply. -Corey -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
