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SubjectRe: Linux Community & UDI is in the news
On Fri, 18 Sep 1998, David Lang wrote:

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> but if the driver developers decide that they will not allow their work to
> be used by the "evil commercial" platforms they will not do this.
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> David Lang
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> On Fri, 18 Sep 1998, Raymond A. Ingles wrote:
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> > Well, the drivers *could* be released under the LGPL (Library GPL) like
> > glibc, which allows linking to, and use by, non-GPL software.

Yup, the driver authors are free to put restrictions on their code. I
never denied that. I just noted that a license existed which would protect
the code from being wantonly copied while also allowing it to be used by
non-GPL operating systems. Whether any driver author is likely to use them
is an open question.

Sincerely,

Ray Ingles (248) 377-7735 ray.ingles@fanucrobotics.com

"Engineering is like having an 8 a.m. class and a late afternoon lab
every day for the rest of your life." - Anonymous


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