Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 14:35:41 +0200 From: Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl> To: David Leimbach <leimy2k@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: policy on GPL'd drivers? Message-ID: <20030527123541.GG5269@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> In-Reply-To: <B9278BC9-903E-11D7-941E-0003937E39E0@mac.com> References: <B9278BC9-903E-11D7-941E-0003937E39E0@mac.com>
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--UoPmpPX/dBe4BELn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, May 27, 2003 at 07:28:29AM -0500, David Leimbach wrote: > I have the GPLd source to the nforce drivers for Linux > to support the nVidia nforce and nforce2 drivers in the kernel. >=20 > To port these to FreeBSD would be an interesting task [if it hasn't > already been done] and I have been looking for an excuse to get > down and dirty with FBSD. > [Yes... talk is cheap... just do it... Nike-a-go-go etc etc... :)] >=20 > What is the policy on drivers that are clearly going to have to be > GPLd by the viral clause since I am referencing a GPL driver to do the > porting work myself? Are these allowed in the kernel? >=20 > <semi-joke> > Can we have a "tainted" flag for kernels running GPL drivers :). > </semi-joke> I'm interested in this too -- I have a working FreeBSD prototype of the i8k Linux driver, fan control for Dell laptops. I was planning to ask the author if he was willing to relicense it to BSD, but failing that the answer to this question might be interesting. --Stijn --=20 "What if everything you see is more than what you see -- the person next to you is a warrior and the space that appears empty is a secret door to anoth= er world? What if something appears that shouldn't? You either dismiss it, or = you accept that there is much more to the world than you think. Perhaps it real= ly is a doorway, and if you choose to go inside, you'll find many unexpected things." -- Shigeru Miyamoto --UoPmpPX/dBe4BELn Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+01udY3r/tLQmfWcRAjf6AJsFLRw5rfnvg4R3RXI9CzVrruonlACgglpv K6xs21w3eB2COAP03fg/tXs= =hbWe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --UoPmpPX/dBe4BELn--
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