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

David Lang (dlang@diginsite.com)
Wed, 2 Sep 1998 09:00:00 -0700 (PDT)


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Many people are moreconcerned with the question of "will it work" then
access to the source, especially for device drivers for special cards.

David Lang

On Mon, 31 Aug 1998, Terry L Ridder wrote:

<SNIP>
> 6. If the UDI drivers are only available in a binary format, would this
> not
> violate a primary premise that freeware/OpenSource implies.
> Premise: Only trust software you have the source code for.
> Implied Premise: Never trust software you do not have the source code
> for.
>
> I am sure there are other questions concerning the Licensing Issues, but
> these are the ones which come to mind first.
>
<SNIP>

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