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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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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

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"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

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