From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 8 Aug 2001 15:55:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 8 Aug 2001 15:55:16 -0400 Received: from femail30.sdc1.sfba.home.com ([24.254.60.20]:35005 "EHLO femail30.sdc1.sfba.home.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 8 Aug 2001 15:55:01 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII From: Nicholas Knight Reply-To: tegeran@home.com To: Mike Jadon , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: PCI NVRAM Memory Card Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 12:54:48 -0700 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20010622101907.03ac21b0@192.168.0.5> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20010622101907.03ac21b0@192.168.0.5> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01080812544800.00591@c779218-a> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wednesday 08 August 2001 12:30 pm, Mike Jadon wrote: > My company has released a PCI NVRAM memory card but we haven't > developed a Linux driver for it yet. We want the driver to be open to > developers to build upon. Is there a specific path we should follow > with this being our goal? In researching Linux driver development I > have come across "GPL" or "LGPL". Where do you recommend we go to find > out more about this development process? > The LGPL is primarily ment for libraries so that non-GPL compatible products can link to a library (like glibc) without being GPL'd themselves, for a linux driver, I'm not sure this would make much sense, and licensing might get complex when trying to intigrate it with the kernel, I don't know for sure. you can find a copy of the LGPL here: http://www.fsf.org/copyleft/lesser.html as well as reasons to not use it, here http://www.fsf.org/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html the GPL-specific FAQ is here: http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html and the GPL itself is avalible here: http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl.html this is a list of various software Licenses, GPL compatible Free licenses are at the top, GPL-incompatible Free licenses are below that http://www.fsf.org/licenses/license-list.html > Thanks and my apologies for using a technical forum for this question, > but wanted to go to the right source. > > > Mike