Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 02 Dec 1998 18:07:48 -0800 | From | "Chad K. Lewis" <> | Subject | Re: Synchronous protocols on Linux |
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Krzysztof Halasa wrote:
> SDL drivers for FR (and others) are available - there is info on > ftp.sdlcomm.com (I forgot the ftp site - the drivers are made by another > company). However, the driver is: > - binary-only, made with 2.0.35 (2.0.36?) kernel > - buggy - there is a memory leak in FR code - eating RAM when the PVC > is not valid. They said they will eventually fix it. > > I'm not sure if distributing binary-only driver is legal - looks like > it's based on linux:drivers/net/skeleton.c, which is GPLed. > -- > Krzysztof Halasa > Network Administrator of The Palace of Youth in Warsaw
It's legal as long as they provide a means of getting a machine-readable copy of the source. If they aren't providing such and they did derive it from something GPL'd, they are violating their license agreement.
-- Chad Lewis NaviSite - NAC San Diego, CA Phone: 619-552-4590 Fax: 619-552-4599
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