From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from majordomo by infradead.org with local (Exim 3.16 #2) id 13OFno-0000Kl-00 for mtd-list@infradead.org; Mon, 14 Aug 2000 09:41:00 +0100 Received: from polaris.uk.insnet.net ([194.177.174.245]) by infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #2) id 13OFnn-0000KY-00 for mtd@infradead.org; Mon, 14 Aug 2000 09:40:59 +0100 Received: from whiskey.fireplug.net (cr355197-a.poco1.bc.wave.home.com [24.112.113.88]) by polaris.uk.insnet.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA15894 for ; Mon, 14 Aug 2000 08:59:11 +0100 (BST) Received: from sl by whiskey.fireplug.net with local (Exim 3.13 #2) id 13OFA9-0000FQ-00 for mtd@infradead.org; Mon, 14 Aug 2000 01:00:01 -0700 To: mtd@infradead.org From: sl@whiskey.fireplug.net (Stuart Lynne) Subject: Re: Has MTD production quality support for DOC2000? Date: 14 Aug 2000 01:00:01 -0700 Message-ID: <8n88u1$tp$1@whiskey.fireplug.net> References: Reply-To: sl@fireplug.net Sender: owner-mtd@infradead.org List-ID: In article , Sigurd Urdahl wrote: >David Woodhouse writes: >> sigurdur@ifi.uio.no said: >> Linking the M-Systems drivers into your kernel will place _you_ in violation >> of the GPL and you may be sued, Only if you give someone else a copy of the kernel.... you are not violating GPL if you use it for your own use. >If the driver is compiled as a module and I use loadlin and initrd to >load it from a Dos-formatted DOC I thought I would be in the clear >_legally_, but I know it's not a very good idea tachnically or moraly. Yes, legal. Personally I think it is is no better or worse technically. And I'm not sure how it could be bad morally.... There will be a new driver available from M-Systems in the near future that makes it easier to use as a module. -- __O Fireplug - a Lineo company _-\<,_ PGP Fingerprint: 28 E2 A0 15 99 62 9A 00 (_)/ (_) 88 EC A3 EE 2D 1C 15 68 Stuart Lynne www.fireplug.net 604-461-7532 To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe mtd" to majordomo@infradead.org