From: Dan Kegel <dank@kegel.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: re: How to Avoid GPL Issue
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 21:53:53 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3EFE70E1.7020205@kegel.com> (raw)
GC wrote:
> We are trying to port a third party hardware driver into Linux kernel and
> this third party vendor does not allow us to publish the source code. Is
> there any approach that we can avoid publicizing the third party code while
> porting to Linux? Do we need to write some shim layer code in Linux kernel
> to interface the third party code? How can we do that? Is there any document
> or samples?
Xose replied:
> You should begin reading 'Proprietary kernel modules' at
> http://people.redhat.com/rkeech/pkm.html
That's a very good summary. Xose pointed you to the right place, GC.
Practically speaking, you can probably do what Nvidia does,
but nobody on this list will support users who run into
trouble loading your kernel module.
In other words, you may not in fact be able to avoid the GPL issue...
sorry...
- Dan
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next reply other threads:[~2003-06-29 4:26 UTC|newest]
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2003-06-29 4:53 Dan Kegel [this message]
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2003-07-01 19:36 How to Avoid GPL Issue Heater, Daniel (IndSys, GEFanuc, VMIC)
2003-07-01 19:55 ` Steven Cole
2003-06-27 23:04 G. C.
2003-06-28 0:03 ` root
2003-06-28 0:15 ` nick
2003-06-28 19:22 ` Alan Cox
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