Re: [PATCH 1/1] LinuxPPS: Pulse per Second support for Linux

2007-03-21 Thread Jon K Hellan
Rodolfo Giometti wrote: Pulse per Second (PPS) support for Linux. Signed-off-by: Rodolfo Giometti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Please, note that this PPS implementation is not RFC 2783 fully compatible since, IMHO, the RFC simply doesn't consider PPS devices connected with special GPIOs or other

Re: [PATCH 1/1] LinuxPPS: Pulse per Second support for Linux

2007-03-21 Thread Jon K Hellan
Rodolfo Giometti wrote: Pulse per Second (PPS) support for Linux. Signed-off-by: Rodolfo Giometti [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Please, note that this PPS implementation is not RFC 2783 fully compatible since, IMHO, the RFC simply doesn't consider PPS devices connected with special GPIOs or other

Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers

2007-02-22 Thread Jon K Hellan
D. Hazelton wrote: (as is the GPL - if you release code under the GPL you no longer have a legal right to it. Note the following text that appears in the GPL: " We protect your rights with two steps: (1) copyright the software, and (2) offer you this license which gives you legal permission

Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers

2007-02-22 Thread Jon K Hellan
D. Hazelton wrote: (as is the GPL - if you release code under the GPL you no longer have a legal right to it. Note the following text that appears in the GPL: We protect your rights with two steps: (1) copyright the software, and (2) offer you this license which gives you legal permission to

Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers

2007-02-16 Thread Jon K Hellan
Xavier Bestel wrote: On Thu, 2007-02-15 at 21:48 -0800, v j wrote: We only get crap because no one here yet knows how to interpret proprietary modules loaded into the kernel. The proprietary modules where only a tiny wrapper is linux-specific and the rest is cross-platform are in a grey area,

Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers

2007-02-16 Thread Jon K Hellan
Xavier Bestel wrote: On Thu, 2007-02-15 at 21:48 -0800, v j wrote: We only get crap because no one here yet knows how to interpret proprietary modules loaded into the kernel. The proprietary modules where only a tiny wrapper is linux-specific and the rest is cross-platform are in a grey area,