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From: Kirk Wood <cpt.kirk@1tree.net>
To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca
Subject: Re: triple talk internal/external
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 00:19:12 -0500 (CDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0108222342250.4341-100000@ignatious> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200108230200.f7N20ke51503@mail1.mx.voyager.net>

On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, Gregory Nowak wrote:
> I just had an idea and wondered if its doable.
> What if the FSF signed all those non-disclosure agreements? Then we
> could have gpl Linux drivers, right or not?

The problem is that if the driver is gpl, then said driver would violate
any non-disclosure. If you release source code, then you reveal the
interface. It would be possible to release a driver avaialable for free
download. But you couldn't release the source code and thus not use the
gpl.

=======
Kirk Wood
Cpt.Kirk@1tree.net

The mind is like a parachute; it works much better when open.
If you're too open minded, your brains will fall out.




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Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
 Gregory Nowak
 ` Buddy Brannan
 ` Kirk Wood [this message]
   ` Gregory Nowak
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
 Jim Ruby
 ` Saqib Shaikh
   ` Jim Ruby
     ` Buddy Brannan
     ` Janina Sajka
     ` Saqib Shaikh
       ` Jim Ruby
         ` Kirk Wood
           ` Amanda Lee
             ` Kirk Reiser
               ` Amanda Lee
     [not found]           ` <Pine.LNX.4.33.0108231901480.24151-100000@ns.shellworld.net >
             ` Charles Crawford
 ` Thomas D. Ward

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