Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932319AbWEXOa2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 May 2006 10:30:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932606AbWEXOa2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 May 2006 10:30:28 -0400 Received: from relay03.pair.com ([209.68.5.17]:35850 "HELO relay03.pair.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932319AbWEXOa2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 May 2006 10:30:28 -0400 X-pair-Authenticated: 71.197.50.189 Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 09:30:23 -0500 (CDT) From: Chase Venters X-X-Sender: root@turbotaz.ourhouse To: "D. Hazelton" cc: Jon Smirl , Matthew Garrett , Kyle Moffett , Manu Abraham , linux cbon , Helge Hafting , Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Dave Airlie Subject: Re: OpenGL-based framebuffer concepts In-Reply-To: <200605240042.46288.dhazelton@enter.net> Message-ID: References: <20060519224056.37429.qmail@web26611.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> <200605232324.20876.dhazelton@enter.net> <9e4733910605232121s259e97fdu755e1f2762026e5f@mail.gmail.com> <200605240042.46288.dhazelton@enter.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1296 Lines: 28 On Wed, 24 May 2006, D. Hazelton wrote: > And as you note, licensing is an issue. However, as the kernel is GPL I might > use DRM as an information source and write that code over again to sidestep > any licensing issues. (I really don't want to piss off the MIT or BSD people) While licensing is obviously entirely up to you (as the author), I wouldn't worry too much about using the GPL / copyleft for your software in this case. I know there are a lot of BSD developers that would be happy to replace every line of GPL-licensed code with BSD-licensed code, but given that the BSD license has around 5% penetration versus some-number-around-80% for the GPL, I think GPL code in a BSD system is kind of a reality at this point. It might be more of a concern to me (in my work) if I thought that the GPL was restrictive. Remember that the GPL doesn't even apply to the end-user until they want to make a copy of your original or their derivitive work. Also remember that GNOME and KDE are both under (L)GPL licensing. > DRH Cheers, Chase - 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/