Re: Legal Issues with UDI ( was Re: [Fwd: Uniform Driver Interface (UDI)] )

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 1 Sep 1998 11:39:08 +0100 (BST)


> 4. Assuming that all Linux UDI drivers are GNU GPL'ed, can a proprietary
> OS
> (SCO, Solaris, HP-UX) use those same drivers? (This could lead us
> down the
> same path that Apache has followed were the currency of trade is
> source code.
> i.e. Yes we will work with you, but we want some of your source code
> hacks.)

Not unless Solaris, SCO and HP-UX saw the light and became GPL or Freer

> 5. Would driver authors be willing to release their drivers under
> multiple
> different licenses?

I'm not.

Alan

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