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On 17/01/06, David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> wrote:

> Someone has an unsupported sound card with a Linux example. All the
> tough details about the hardware are spelled out in the Linux driver.
> Plenty of FreeBSD drivers have been ported to Linux and vice versa.


Danger Will Robinson! The GPL can make Linux -> FreeBSD
copying^W inspiration very tricksy indeed.



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