Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754168AbYKRRkb (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:40:31 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752476AbYKRRkX (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:40:23 -0500 Received: from earthlight.etchedpixels.co.uk ([81.2.110.250]:56226 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752394AbYKRRkW (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:40:22 -0500 Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:40:32 +0000 From: Alan Cox To: "Fredrik =?ISO-8859-14?B?TWFya3N0cvZt?=" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Developing non-commercial drivers ? Message-ID: <20081118174032.1fd3aa2e@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <7a9e70560811180852y9eb2bf6s8682609dcb10fd9f@mail.gmail.com> References: <4922ED5A.3030808@shaw.ca> <7a9e70560811180852y9eb2bf6s8682609dcb10fd9f@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.12; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Organization: Red Hat UK Cyf., Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, Y Deyrnas Gyfunol. Cofrestrwyd yng Nghymru a Lloegr o'r rhif cofrestru 3798903 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 667 Lines: 14 > violate GPL or say no to the project. I'd prefer a third option where > I could tell the customer that we can setup the project in a certain > way (some "cleanroom" setup ?) to ensure that the results can not be > considered derived work. > > Is your short answer also the definite answer considering this ? If you plan to do that kind of engineering you really really need to talk to lawyers not software developers. -- 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/