Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: What is accepted into the standard kernel sources ? | Date | Tue, 3 Feb 1998 19:07:28 +0000 (GMT) |
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> On the contrary. You can't GPL the driver as it is linked with a private > binary object file and violates the license of the GPL. After our discussion > However, to the extent that binary-only modules are OK --- as long as
The "free" bit of the driver appears to be derived from GPL'd code owned by the NSA. That makes the situation a little more complex. And indeed nothing stops a third party providing an independantly written non GPL module using the exported interfaces and providing sources to parts of their module - Riscom do this with the N2. However since Sangoma provide GPL sources I've never dug into details on it.
Alan
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