From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
Andreas Mohr <andi@rhlx01.fht-esslingen.de>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>, Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linville@tuxdriver.com, Denis Vlasenko <vda@ilport.com.ua>,
acx100-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
acx100-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: wireless (was Re: 2.6.18 -mm merge plans)
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 06:58:50 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060610065850.GA4346@ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1149503730.3111.46.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org>
Hi!
> > > It's just that a cleanroom approach is a sure way to prove
> > > you didn't copy. That's all.
> >
> > Which is an extremely important detail especially if you have been
> > reverse engineering another driver for the same or similar OS where it
> > is likely that people will retain knowledge and copy rather than
> > re-implement th?ngs.
>
> oh don't get me wrong, it's important to not copy from the original.
> (even if that original did copy from linux ;)
Well, if original did copy from linux, it surely is GPLed and case
closed, no? Being sued from vendor not respecting the GPL would
probably only do harm to them.
Like US courts are crazy, but hopefully not _that_ crazy.
Pavel
--
Thanks for all the (sleeping) penguins.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-06-10 7:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <20060604135011.decdc7c9.akpm@osdl.org>
2006-06-05 1:06 ` wireless (was Re: 2.6.18 -mm merge plans) Jeff Garzik
2006-06-05 1:15 ` Andrew Morton
2006-06-05 8:33 ` Andreas Mohr
2006-06-05 8:45 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-06-05 10:26 ` Alan Cox
2006-06-05 10:35 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-06-05 10:59 ` Alan Cox
2006-06-10 6:58 ` Pavel Machek [this message]
2006-06-05 8:54 ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-06-05 12:33 ` Jeff Garzik
2006-06-05 12:48 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-06-05 12:52 ` Jeff Garzik
2006-06-05 14:02 ` Linux kernel and laws Adrian Bunk
2006-06-05 14:21 ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2006-06-06 5:33 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-06-05 13:27 ` wireless (was Re: 2.6.18 -mm merge plans) John W. Linville
2006-06-05 13:31 ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-06-05 13:42 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-06-05 16:24 ` Alan Cox
2006-06-29 14:26 ` ACX100 (softmac-based) driver ready to merge, but is it legal? -- " John W. Linville
[not found] ` <20060629144233.GB24463@tuxdriver.com>
2006-06-29 14:47 ` [Acx100-users] Denis Vlasenko, where are you? (mail bounced) Andreas Mohr
2006-07-06 17:29 ` ACX100 (softmac-based) driver ready to merge, but is it legal? Denis Vlasenko
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