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From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb>
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Subject: Re: Testimonial
To: softweyr@xmission.com (Wes Peters)
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 06:37:59 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: jamie@itribe.net, chat@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