Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 06:37:59 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb> To: softweyr@xmission.com (Wes Peters) Cc: jamie@itribe.net, chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Testimonial Message-ID: <199709171337.GAA11126@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <199709170539.XAA01591@obie.softweyr.ml.org> from "Wes Peters" at Sep 16, 97 11:39:10 pm
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Wes Peters wrote: > > 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. not at all, one needs an organization that becomes a member of I2O. that organization has many members. membership cards are distributed with the CD-ROM. membership cost is included in the price of the CD-ROM. i aint no lawyer. jmb
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