Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932701AbVKBJtR (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Nov 2005 04:49:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932702AbVKBJtQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Nov 2005 04:49:16 -0500 Received: from denise.shiny.it ([194.20.232.1]:17832 "EHLO denise.shiny.it") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932701AbVKBJtQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Nov 2005 04:49:16 -0500 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.4.7 on Linux X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <5449aac20511011246r6ece9f18rb3b7353dbfc2dedb@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 10:49:16 +0100 (CET) From: Giuliano Pochini To: alex@alexfisher.me.uk Subject: Re: Would I be violating the GPL? Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Jeff V. Merkey" , Michael Buesch Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 793 Lines: 25 On 01-Nov-2005 Alexander Fisher wrote: > I've got the source code to the device firmware too. Maybe they only care on keeping the firmware secret. Try asking them if you can disclose the driver sources only. The firmware can be used in binary form. > So despite the fact the driver has been written in c++, it > might be possible to write a usable specification. Linux 2.6 doesn't accept c++, so you have to rewrite it anyway. You should ask them if you can publish your own driver based on infos you extract from their driver. -- Giuliano. - 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/