On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 08:14:36AM -0800, Jalaja Devi wrote:
> Yes the driver is GPL!! Don't worry!!
>
> > Jalaja Devi wrote:
> > >
> > > HI,
> > > I have to port a Linux2.x PCI device driver to QNX
> > > platform. How to estimate the time duration of
> > this
> > > work?
> >
> > Is the driver GPL?
> > You should contact the author about do the port
> > since it may violate the driver's license to
> > link it with a non GPL OS. This just came up
> > regarding the tulip NIC drive and Solaris.
You _MUST_ contact the author of the Linux driver before _porting_ the
driver code to a non GPL OS. If past history is any indicator, you are
not likely to get an OK to do so. The kernel folks take this issue very
seriously. You should too.
c,
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Karen Shaeffer
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