Messages in this thread | | | From | Arnd Bergmann <> | Subject | Re: MODULE_LICENSE usage | Date | Tue, 7 Aug 2007 09:17:38 +0200 |
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On Tuesday 07 August 2007, Nathan Williams wrote: > My company has been given documentation and the library source under > the terms of an NDA with the chipset manufacturer. We are permitted > to compile the library and distribute the resultant binary blob, but > not release the source to the library.
Are you permitted to use the documentation to produce a free driver that is not derived from the closed source code? That would put you legally on the safe side and make a lot of your customers happy.
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