[openbeos] Re: OT - Writing Drivers....
- From: Linus Almstrom <linalm-7@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 23:21:32 +0200
On 2002-07-20 at 23:27:09 [+0200], openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Jul 2002, Marcus Overhagen wrote:
>
> > Be aware that you can't use GPL driver source
> > code with BeOS. Ask the driver writers, the must have got some
> > documentation.
>
> Hmmmmmm? I undesrantand Be would not be able to do that but I can't see
> any reason why a third-party developer would not be able to do it. Would
> he/she get prosecuted because he didn't release the BeOS sourcecode (that
> is hot his/hers)? I don't think so.
GPL might be problematic. :/
If the driver is GPL it would perhaps be a problem, but LGPL
is not that restrictive as GPL.
Regards
/Procton
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