How do the companies write closed-source drivers for the Linux Kernel
without running into GPL2 issues? I can only recall that there is a
"user-land" and a "kernel-land" driver, where the "kernel-land" is the
only part that is open source. Is this correct?
Perhaps that method could work well?
I thought GPLV2 was less onerous in this regard, and that case-law had
established that a loadable kernel driver didn't necessarily get
infected by the GPL virus. IANAL. TINLA. Etc.
The last kernel driver I worked on we were planning to open-source as a
way of encouraging people to buy our (very closed-source!) chips.
Project fell apart before we hit market. Sigh.
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Marcus Leech
Principal Investigator
Shirleys Bay Radio Astronomy Consortium
http://www.sbrac.org
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