Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 18:19:48 -0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> Cc: Chris Sears <cbsears@ix.netcom.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ecc kld for FreeBSD 4.2 Message-ID: <3AB026C4.F37F6567@elischer.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.32.0103140843280.67772-100000@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us>
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Chris Dillon wrote:
>
> On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Chris Sears wrote:
>
> > Yes, I did notice that there was no licensing. I will broach that
> > with him. I can live with GPL since I see this as being a KLD
> > which can be installed from source. But I prefer BSD.
>
> Since not everybody would want to use a module, or even could use a
> module, a BSD license would be ideal so that it could be compiled
> directly into the kernel. It is entirely up to the author what he
> wants to use, of course.
don't forget it is possible for it to be simultaniously released under both
copyrights.
The linux kernel may not take it if it were BSD I think, so if he sends us a
copy with the BSD
copyright tacked on the front he can still send one with a GPL to the linux
people.
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