Hi, all,
The company for whom i am working for has the written
permission from the author to goahead with porting the
code. So, I guess there should not be any prb now!!!
Jalaja
--- Karen Shaeffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 09:30:54AM -0600, Thomas
> Dodd wrote:
> > Ivan Jager wrote:
> > >
> > > I think this is the relevant part of the GPL,
> but you should still read
> > > the whole license.
> >
> > Read Donald Becker's take on this. He wrote many
> of the NIC
> > drivers in/for the linux kernel (including the DEC
> tulip driver)
> >
> > http://www.scyld.com/expert/license.html
>
> That's an excellent statement. It makes it quite
> clear and looks like it
> could stand up in court. I remember when Sun
> released the porting _kit_ that
> would automagically port Linux drivers to Solaris.
> Mr. Becker was quite
> adamant about it being a flagrant violation of the
> GPL license.
>
> >
> > Non-GPL drivers for the linux kerenl are allowed
> > explicitly by Linus.
>
> This is true. But it is not what the questioner was
> intending to do. The
> questioner specifically stated the intent was to
> port a Linux device driver
> to QNX.
>
> There is an interesting consequence to Mr. Beckers
> interpretation. Any
> driver, under any license, that links in with the
> Linux kernel becomes a
> part of the _work_ which is the Linux kernel--and
> therefore is automagically
> covered by the GPL. Linus has made the exception for
> NON-GPL drivers, but
> that exception does not permit one to port and
> distribute Linux driver code
> to NON-GPL OSs. Of course, if you don't distribute
> the code--you can do
> whatever you want with it. (You surely concur. I
> just think it's important
> to make this distinction explicit in conversations
> concerning these type
> issues.)
>
> c,
> --
> Karen Shaeffer
> Neuralscape; Santa Cruz, Ca. 95060
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> http://www.neuralscape.com
>
>
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