From: Helge Hafting <helgehaf@aitel.hist.no>
To: Neale Banks <neale@lowendale.com.au>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: What exactly does "supports Linux" mean?
Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 12:20:17 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3EC8AFE1.6090409@aitel.hist.no> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Pine.LNX.4.05.10305190807510.12028-100000@marina.lowendale.com.au
Neale Banks wrote:
> On Sun, 18 May 2003, Pavel Machek wrote:
>>[Really, if the card is common enough, and driver sources are
>>available, they are going to be in kernel.org kernel within few weeks.]
>
> Iff:
> (1) the sources etc constitute "sufficient" documentation (e.g. poke magic
> value into magic register might not help enough :-( ).
Sure.
> (2) the sources are not only "included" but are "freely" modifiable and
> redistributable.
No need. As long as there is no NDA, which there isn't when
you get a cd bundled with the thing. Restricted source then
mean that you can't edit it so it fits your kernel and
redistribute. But you can read it and see how the thing works,
if (1) is satisfied. Then you use your knowledge and write
a driver from scratch. More work, but legal.
Of course a completely free driver is even better. :-)
Helge Hafting
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-05-19 10:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-05-13 15:12 What exactly does "supports Linux" mean? Chuck Ebbert
2003-05-13 20:36 ` Måns Rullgård
2003-05-14 2:12 ` jw schultz
2003-05-14 7:57 ` Riley Williams
2003-05-14 17:58 ` Måns Rullgård
2003-05-17 16:05 ` Pavel Machek
2003-05-18 1:39 ` jw schultz
2003-05-18 3:53 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-05-18 21:49 ` Pavel Machek
2003-05-18 22:20 ` Neale Banks
2003-05-19 10:20 ` Helge Hafting [this message]
2003-05-14 14:11 ` Henning P. Schmiedehausen
2003-05-14 15:29 ` Mike Dresser
2003-05-15 0:11 ` jw schultz
2003-05-14 14:09 ` Henning P. Schmiedehausen
2003-05-14 14:44 ` Dave Jones
2003-05-14 15:58 ` Henning Schmiedehausen
2003-05-14 16:14 ` Dave Jones
2003-05-14 19:40 ` David Schwartz
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-05-13 13:16 Stephan von Krawczynski
2003-05-13 12:53 ` Alan Cox
2003-05-13 14:24 ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-05-13 15:07 ` Lionel Bouton
2003-05-13 16:45 ` Jonathan Matthews
2003-05-13 13:46 ` Duncan Sands
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