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hello everybody,

I'm a fan of linux system and it makes 6 months that I follow the
different developments on the kernel. This afternoon, I downloaded
he latest test kernel, e.g. linux-2.4.0-test3-pre4, and I noticed
the presence of a new device driver type : MTD. I just have taken
a look on the sources and something seems very strange : when opening
linux/drivers/mtd/nftl.c, I read :


/*
LEGAL NOTE: The NFTL format is patented by M-Systems. They have
granted a licence for its use with their DiskOnChip products:

"M-Systems grants a royalty-free, non-exclusive license under
any presently existing M-Systems intellectual property rights
necessary for the design and development of NFTL-compatible
drivers, file systems and utilities to use the data formats with,
and solely to support, M-Systems' DiskOnChip products"

A signed copy of this agreement from M-Systems is kept on file by
Red Hat UK Limited. In the unlikely event that you need access to it,
please contact dwmw2@redhat.com for assistance.
*/


I thought that all the sources were submitted to GPL... I may be wrong
could anyone explain me that ? Thanks in advance.

Kind regards,

Hiroaki Yamamoto
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