Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 17 Feb 2005 21:32:17 -0600 | From | Chris Friesen <> | Subject | Re: Please open sysfs symbols to proprietary modules |
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parker@citynetwireless.net wrote: > On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 09:41:00 +0100, Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org> wrote:
>>I suggest you talk to a lawyer and review the general comments about >>binary modules with him (http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/COPYING.modules >>for example). You are writing an addition to linux from scratch, and it >>is generally not considered OK to do that in binary form (I certainly do >>not consider it OK).
> So what about companies like ImageStream who write proprietary Linux network > drivers for their hardware from scratch with no previous ports from another OS?
Obviously he doesn't consider that to be okay, and those companies are taking a risk that someone will take legal action against them.
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