From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mta1.srv.hcvlny.cv.net ([167.206.4.196]) by www.linuxtv.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1K1oWX-00005p-0c for linux-dvb@linuxtv.org; Thu, 29 May 2008 22:14:58 +0200 Received: from steven-toths-macbook-pro.local (ool-18bfe594.dyn.optonline.net [24.191.229.148]) by mta1.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-8.04 (built Feb 28 2007)) with ESMTP id <0K1N00BU0C7PN1W0@mta1.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> for linux-dvb@linuxtv.org; Thu, 29 May 2008 16:14:14 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 16:14:13 -0400 From: Steven Toth In-reply-to: To: alan@alanlee.org Message-id: <483F0E95.4030008@linuxtv.org> MIME-version: 1.0 References: Cc: linux-dvb@linuxtv.org Subject: Re: [linux-dvb] Question about GPL & closed source drivers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-dvb-bounces@linuxtv.org Errors-To: linux-dvb-bounces+mchehab=infradead.org@linuxtv.org List-ID: 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 _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb