From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: new driver Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 00:32:42 -0500 Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <40344A7A.5040909@pobox.com> References: <7076215DFAA4574099E5CD59FE4222620427ACDF@pcssrv42.pcs.pc.ome.toshiba.co.jp> <1077148668.14308.6.camel@pc1.bout-tyme.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:36060 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264310AbUBSFdF (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Feb 2004 00:33:05 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1077148668.14308.6.camel@pc1.bout-tyme.net> List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Ken Schneider Cc: "Tomita, Haruo" , Arjan van de Ven , "Moore, Eric Dean" , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, "Doelfel, Hardy" , "Mukker, Atul" , "Jarrett, Peter B." Ken Schneider wrote: > On Wed, 2004-02-18 at 18:39, Tomita, Haruo wrote: > >>Hi ken, >> >>Eric> There was an effort I started to open source some of >>Eric> the driver, which was linked to a pre-compiled library. >> >>Haruo> The pre-compiled library(megaide_lib.o) is included. >> >>Arjan> Then the driver is not available under the terms of the GPL.... >>Arjan> (and not compatible with the kernel license so inclusion is not possible) >> >>Ken> And therefore should not any reference to the GPL in the >>Ken> other files. I think this should be all or nothing. >> >>Is it that the source code of megaide_lib.o should be opened? > > > I was told by people on another list that if any part is closed the > entire package will not be included in the kernel tree. So yes > negaide.lib.o should be open sourced or LSI should provide drivers to > linux users as well as any other platform that uses their hardware. Correct. Drivers must be 100% open source, or they are not included in Linux. This is dictated by the GNU General Public License, under which all kernel code is licensed. Jeff