On Wednesday 31 January 2007 07:54 am, Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> Alan DuBoff wrote:
> > I doubt we'll see the hardcore folks like Becker release drivers under
> > GPLv3,
>
> I doubt you'll see *anyone* release drivers under GPLv3, since that would
> make them incompatible with the licenses for all open source OS'es - you
> couldn't put them in Linux, BSD, or OpenSolaris.

Really? I thought that was one of the things that was being clarified, that 
the intention was always for people to be able to use the code, rather than 
prevent them from doing so, no matter what platform they're on.

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Alan DuBoff - Solaris x86 Engineering - IHV/OEM Group
Advocate of insourcing at Sun - hire people that care about our company!


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