From: Steven Toth <stoth@linuxtv.org>
To: alan@alanlee.org
Cc: linux-dvb@linuxtv.org
Subject: Re: [linux-dvb] Question about GPL & closed source drivers
Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 16:14:13 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <483F0E95.4030008@linuxtv.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <W7358116513137441212075159@webmail36>
alan@alanlee.org wrote:
>
> Can Linux DVB project drivers derived from non-GPL closed source SDKs be
> distributed in binary form only legally? It seems most if not all of
> Linux-DVB is standard GPL. And if that requires driver source to be
> GPL'd as well, it seems like it closes the Linux community off a bit
> from companies wanting to provide driver support to Linux while still
> keeping trade secrets protected.
Correct.
See this: http://kerneltrap.org/node/1735
However, in most cases, the tv card vendors who don't provide open
source drivers, or don't assist the community in building open source
drivers are losing sales to their competitors.
- Steve
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2008-05-29 15:32 [linux-dvb] Question about GPL & closed source drivers alan
2008-05-29 20:14 ` Steven Toth [this message]
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