Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 23:39:10 -0600 (MDT) From: Wes Peters <softweyr@xmission.com> To: Jamie Bowden <jamie@itribe.net> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Testimonial Message-ID: <199709170539.XAA01591@obie.softweyr.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <199709161255.IAA03499@gatekeeper.itribe.net> References: <199709160325.VAA00369@obie.softweyr.ml.org> <199709161255.IAA03499@gatekeeper.itribe.net>
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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
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