From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 27 05:33:08 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A2E437B401 for ; Tue, 27 May 2003 05:33:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pcwin002.win.tue.nl (pcwin002.win.tue.nl [131.155.71.72]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36A0143F75 for ; Tue, 27 May 2003 05:33:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from stijn@pcwin002.win.tue.nl) Received: from pcwin002.win.tue.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pcwin002.win.tue.nl (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h4RCZfKX042656; Tue, 27 May 2003 14:35:41 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from stijn@pcwin002.win.tue.nl) Received: (from stijn@localhost) by pcwin002.win.tue.nl (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h4RCZfn6042655; Tue, 27 May 2003 14:35:41 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 14:35:41 +0200 From: Stijn Hoop To: David Leimbach Message-ID: <20030527123541.GG5269@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="UoPmpPX/dBe4BELn" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Bright-Idea: Let's abolish HTML mail! cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: policy on GPL'd drivers? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 12:33:08 -0000 --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 > > Can we have a "tainted" flag for kernels running GPL drivers :). > 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--