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, 15 May 2002 16:15:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 15 May 2002 16:14:27 -0400 Received: from skunk.directfb.org ([212.84.236.169]:49551 "EHLO skunk.directfb.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 15 May 2002 16:14:13 -0400 Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 22:12:52 +0200 From: Denis Oliver Kropp To: Pavel Machek Cc: Greg KH , Denis Oliver Kropp , Marcelo Tosatti , linux-kernel Subject: Re: [PATCH] vmwarefb 0.5.2 Message-ID: <20020515201252.GA2146@skunk.convergence.de> Reply-To: Denis Oliver Kropp In-Reply-To: <20020515010242.GA1257@skunk.convergence.de> <20020515042113.GA22029@kroah.com> <20020515145728.E37@toy.ucw.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Quoting Pavel Machek (pavel@suse.cz): > Hi > > > Is VMWare ok with releasing those files under the GPL? If so, I suggest > > you add that line to those files, and then everything should be fine. > > Code seems to come from XFree, and that should allow him to relicence like > that. > > I have better question: "What is it good for"? The driver at all? I want to use DirectFB in VMware. I will also add console acceleration to the framebuffer driver and possibly write an accelerated DirectFB driver. -- Best regards, Denis Oliver Kropp .------------------------------------------. | DirectFB - Hardware accelerated graphics | | http://www.directfb.org/ | "------------------------------------------" Convergence GmbH