Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932157AbVKJTDa (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Nov 2005 14:03:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932158AbVKJTDa (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Nov 2005 14:03:30 -0500 Received: from linux01.gwdg.de ([134.76.13.21]:61078 "EHLO linux01.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932157AbVKJTD3 (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Nov 2005 14:03:29 -0500 Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 20:02:55 +0100 (MET) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Giuliano Pochini cc: alex@alexfisher.me.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Jeff V. Merkey" , Michael Buesch Subject: Re: Would I be violating the GPL? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 638 Lines: 21 >> 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. It does, to a limited degree. Just look at the VMware vmmon/vmnet driver sources. >You should ask them if you can publish your own driver based >on infos you extract from their driver. Jan Engelhardt -- - 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/