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On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 09:53:07AM -0500, Chris Friesen wrote:
 > I think what you're missing is that many drivers are *written* under an 
 > NDA but then the resulting code is released under an open license.
 > 
 > You're free to use the resulting driver, but the writer can't talk about 
 > exactly how it works.
 
This last part varies between NDA/vendors.  Some of them are just simply
"These docs are just for you, read them, do what you will, just
 don't redistribute them in whole or in part".  Some are a little
more restricting but those are few and far between in my experience.

		Dave

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