Christopher Chan wrote:
Colin Zou wrote:
Andrew Gallatin wrote:
Colin Zou writes:
> > As I know, there are no drivers or plans to support TV-cards
yet. But it is not > difficult to develop or port one driver to
OpoenSolaris. I can help you if you
It would be very nice if Solaris could use the same "video4linux" APIs
as Linux for user space applications to talk to the tuner cards. I
recall that some people from FreeBSD have gotten permission to use the
v4l header files under a BSD license.
Personally, I think it is possible to use "video4linux" APIs which is
under BSD license in opensolaris. Because opensolaris license (CDDL)
does not conflict with BSD license, IMHO.
I have got one question that bothers me on this point. The GPL only
applies when you distribute the code. If I distribute a GPL driver for
Solaris/Open Solaris separate from the Solaris/Open Solaris code base
like the way third party closed binary drivers are distributed, there
should be no conflict right?
I think you are right.
Using a GPL driver with Open Solaris/Solaris should not in any way
affect Open Solaris/Solaris licensing because use is not covered by
the GPL. For this same reason, you can use non-GPL drivers with Linux
because the GPL governs distribution and not use.
So you won't be able to distribute Open Solaris with your driver
included or get your driver included but you should be able to
distribute the driver on its own right?
I think so.
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