In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Dave Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>My company is currently working on a linux network driver (I'm sorry,
>but I can't disclose which company or the nature of the driver right
>now). However, recent discussions on this list have made me grow
>concerned about
> If indeed this is a violation of the GPL, is there any way around this
> by releasing only the source code (even though it isn't GPL'd)? I
> mean, the compiled binary code does contain GPL'd code, but the source
> code does not. Is it OK to distribute this?
>
> So, I'm asking the experts
On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, Horst von Brand wrote:
>Experts on legal stuff and copyright you won't find here, I'm afraid.
>
>May I ask why not GPLing the driver? You could for example state that the
>code is under GPL for use in the Linux kernel only,
Not possible. The GPL explicitly states that you
On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, Horst von Brand wrote:
Experts on legal stuff and copyright you won't find here, I'm afraid.
May I ask why not GPLing the driver? You could for example state that the
code is under GPL for use in the Linux kernel only,
Not possible. The GPL explicitly states that you may
If indeed this is a violation of the GPL, is there any way around this
by releasing only the source code (even though it isn't GPL'd)? I
mean, the compiled binary code does contain GPL'd code, but the source
code does not. Is it OK to distribute this?
So, I'm asking the experts here for
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Dave Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My company is currently working on a linux network driver (I'm sorry,
but I can't disclose which company or the nature of the driver right
now). However, recent discussions on this list have made me grow
concerned about
Dave Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
[...]
> The source code for the driver _is_ going to be available, but it will
> not be GPL'd. There are no patches to the kernel involved. I
> understand that there should be no problems, but the use of inline
> functions in the kernel header files makes
My company is currently working on a linux network driver (I'm sorry,
but I can't disclose which company or the nature of the driver right
now). However, recent discussions on this list have made me grow
concerned about licensing problems with the GPL.
The source code for the driver _is_ going
Dave Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
[...]
The source code for the driver _is_ going to be available, but it will
not be GPL'd. There are no patches to the kernel involved. I
understand that there should be no problems, but the use of inline
functions in the kernel header files makes the
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