From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Sep 16 22:36:50 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id WAA17480 for chat-outgoing; Tue, 16 Sep 1997 22:36:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from obie.softweyr.ml.org ([199.104.124.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA17472 for ; Tue, 16 Sep 1997 22:36:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from wes@localhost) by obie.softweyr.ml.org (8.7.5/8.6.12) id XAA01591; Tue, 16 Sep 1997 23:39:10 -0600 (MDT) Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 23:39:10 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199709170539.XAA01591@obie.softweyr.ml.org> From: Wes Peters To: Jamie Bowden CC: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Testimonial In-Reply-To: <199709161255.IAA03499@gatekeeper.itribe.net> References: <199709160325.VAA00369@obie.softweyr.ml.org> <199709161255.IAA03499@gatekeeper.itribe.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jamie Bowden writes, w.r.t. non-disclosure of I2O driver code: > This is one place where the GPL may do some good. Once one of those > commercial Linux people join and start diddling the source, they are bound > by copyleft to distribute it. Which takes precedence in that case? Well, since the I2O NDA says "you can't show I2O source code to anyone who isn't a member of I2O" and copyleft says "if you use this, you have to give away the source code" you end up with: "If you develop copylefted I2O drivers, you can only distribute them to I2O members" This doesn't violate either agreement, but it certainly makes the drivers nearly worthless. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com