Re: calling oem sal functions

Christoph Hellwig
2004-08-19T18:21:02Z

On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 01:18:03PM -0500, Robin Holt wrote:
> If you make them GPL, it makes the call useless to SGI. Some of our
> tests suites have the problem description we are testing for and the
> resolution. This may include vendor specific or customer specific
> data which is not disclosable. Some of the vendor specific tests are
> likewise covered by NDA. I understand you would love to have
> everything _GPL, but that is unreasonable.

Huh? As long as you use your testsuite only internally the GPL doesn't
matter. It only kicks in as soon as you distribute something.

> Tony, please carefully consider the _GPL.

This is talking directly to the SAL layer, something that should
be reserved to OS internals.