From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Justin Clift Subject: Re: ALPS: Cirque Smart Cat Pro AG Touchpad Support Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 19:13:54 +0000 Message-ID: <20140120191354.b0ab492287f5378e84243447@gluster.org> References: <52D6B45A.4050202@gmail.com> <52D955A3.9040802@gmail.com> <52DCA136.5030207@gmail.com> <9A2D41DC5C294BAE8568615F106C72F2@HITLER> <52DCAC4D.40206@gmail.com> <52DCB323.6070200@gmail.com> <4451DE5582E243FDA7455A649E172C7F@HITLER> <20140120183223.a68ab1f874c9d845082d9039@gluster.org> <98E846BA153041B8A4860E2F12558E64@cirque.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:53487 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750824AbaATTNn (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Jan 2014 14:13:43 -0500 In-Reply-To: <98E846BA153041B8A4860E2F12558E64@cirque.local> Sender: linux-input-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org To: Vadim Klishko Cc: linux-input@vger.kernel.org, Tommy Will On Mon, 20 Jan 2014 11:43:35 -0700 "Vadim Klishko" wrote: > On Sun, 20 Jan 2014 11:32 -0700 > "Justin Clift" wrote: > > Out of curiosity, do you remember offhand what the legal > > issues you ran into are? > > > Yes, of course, I do. GPL doesn't allow closed source in kernel. Ahhh, got it. :) Yeah, wanting to keep the driver code closed source would definitely be a problem there. ;> > > If it's useful, we could (nicely) ask Red Hat's Legal team > > for their insight and general thoughts/advice if they have > > the time (no idea if they do). > > > > They're very good, and have lots of experience working > > through GPL legal issues, figuring out practical > > approaches/solutions. > > > > ? > > I doubt it will help. You could be right. The only thing I can think of, is that they might know of good ways for Cirque for become ok with going open source for the USB touchpad drivers, instead of keeping closed source. eg some way to make the benefits of going open source be greater than the benefits of keeping closed source But, up to you. Not going to push it if you're not really interested. :) Regards and best wishes, Justin Clift -- GlusterFS Project: http://www.gluster.org Justin Clift