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From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert)
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Subject: Re: DIGIBOARD driver in ~julian
To: dufault@hda.com (Peter Dufault)
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 95 11:49:55 MDT
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In-Reply-To: <199504201048.GAA09638@hda.com> from "Peter Dufault" at Apr 20, 95 06:48:02 am
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> The Linux driver is copyleft and (allegedly) doesn't exploit all
> of the features.  I'm real hesitant about looking at the Linux
> driver until we're sure that no one is going to sign an NDA with
> Digi and write a complete object-only driver.
> 
> In spite of the availability of a Linux driver Digi requires signing an
> NDA to get access to the documentation for the intelligent boards.
> 
> Is anyone interested in a shareware object only driver?

This would only work if the driver was a loadable module AND the
driver was undel LGPL instead of GPL so that loading as a kernel
module satisfies the relinking requirements of LGPL.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@cs.weber.edu
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