Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264880AbTF0WuG (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Jun 2003 18:50:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264887AbTF0WuG (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Jun 2003 18:50:06 -0400 Received: from bay8-f20.bay8.hotmail.com ([64.4.27.20]:18952 "EHLO hotmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264880AbTF0WuE (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Jun 2003 18:50:04 -0400 X-Originating-IP: [66.189.39.1] X-Originating-Email: [gpc01532@hotmail.com] From: "G. C." To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: gpc01532@hotmail.com Subject: How to Avoid GPL Issue Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 19:04:18 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 27 Jun 2003 23:04:19.0244 (UTC) FILETIME=[7073D6C0:01C33D00] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 863 Lines: 22 Dear Sir or Madam, We are trying to port a third party hardware driver into Linux kernel and this third party vendor does not allow us to publish the source code. Is there any approach that we can avoid publicizing the third party code while porting to Linux? Do we need to write some shim layer code in Linux kernel to interface the third party code? How can we do that? Is there any document or samples? Thank you very much in advance, GC _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/