On Wed, 14 Dec 2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Armin Schindler wrote: > > > On Wed, 14 Dec 2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > hi All, > > > > > > I have some boards I would like to add support for in OpenPBX, but I > > > just realized that I can't release the driver since it contains (1) > > > binary firmware + (2) a binary component I don't have source for. > > > > > > My understanding of GPL is that it will be impossible to use OpenPBX > > > with this board and distribute the driver even if it's free ? > > > > > > Does anyone have a solution for this, cause it can't be in the > > > interest of this group to have a limitation on what boards we can use > > > with OpenPBX??? > > > > > > > > > > What kind of code is that? > > You wrote 'driver', you mean a kernel driver? If yes, then it has nothing > > to do with OpenPBX. Loading binary-only driver into the kernel is done > > often. > > > > Or is it some extension to OpenPBX itself? If yes, then it cannot be part > > of the sources, because the must be GPL too then. But if you create a > > loadable > > module for OpenPBX (as binary-only .so file), it should be no problem. > > > > Armin > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Openpbx-dev mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.openpbx.org/mailman/listinfo/openpbx-dev > > > > > Thanks, > > Yes it will be a kernel driver at the end - This is a port from Windows. The > trouble is that this board uses an early version of an I2O driver module that > was bought from someone else and hence I can't be distributed with source - > Neither do I want to change it because if I do I will need to change the HDM > as well (firmware version of the driver).
So if it is a kernel driver, you don't need to bother about GPL of OpenPBX. What kind of driver (for what hardware) is it? And what has it to do with OpenPBX (which interface will be used with OpenPBX)? Armin _______________________________________________ Openpbx-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openpbx.org/mailman/listinfo/openpbx-dev
