Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 09:20:35 -0600 From: "Samuel Chow" <cyschow@shaw.ca> To: "Matthew Seaman" <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: converting linux kernel modules to bsd modules Message-ID: <002001c23581$27f1b340$0601a8c0@samuelstn.dhs.org> References: <20020726231211.56809.qmail@web20706.mail.yahoo.com> <20020727101644.GB32984@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi>
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Matthew Seaman" <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>
>
> The good news is that having all the source from a Linux kernel module
> should tell you practically everything you need to know to write an
> equivalent BSD module.
>
> If you're intending to release the module, be careful about licensing.
> In order for a module to be included into the core system, it has to
> be released under an appropriate BSD style license --- not the GPL.
> Which means that you can't reuse any GPL'd code from the Linux module.
I actually was thinking about this the other day. If the
driver is manipulating bits in a register, there aren't
that many ways to do it. Also, some hardware have exactly
one initialization sequence. Wouldn't that make the driver
appears to be derived from the GPL'd code when it is not?
---
Samuel Chow
cyschow@shaw.ca
Segmentation Fault (core dumped)
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