[openbeos] Re: OT - Writing Drivers....

Yes. Fred has this exactly right. The only "issue" would be that we could
not (OK, really WOULD not) make your driver part of the "OBOS package" that
goes to distro makers. That is the only trade off - it can't go into _our_ 
source control. 

>> sourcecode for the driver. Be aware that you can't use GPL driver
>> source
>> code with BeOS. Ask the driver writers, the must have got some
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>Yes you can. The Obos project might feel that they don't want to use gpl
>code, and I respect that, but they can't push their politics to someone's
>own home. If you write the code then people will use it, but if it's
>gpled, it won't be bundled w/ the Obos source code. It can be in alternate
>distros like the one I plan on rolling. So your code is welcome, bsd, gpl,
>or proprietary.
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>Fred
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