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Message-Id: <200708070917.39436.arnd@arndb.de> Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 09:17:38 +0200 From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> To: "Nathan Williams" <ngwilliams@...il.com> Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: MODULE_LICENSE usage On Tuesday 07 August 2007, Nathan Williams wrote: > My company has been given documentation and the library source under > the terms of an NDA with the chipset manufacturer. We are permitted > to compile the library and distribute the resultant binary blob, but > not release the source to the library. Are you permitted to use the documentation to produce a free driver that is not derived from the closed source code? That would put you legally on the safe side and make a lot of your customers happy. Arnd <>< - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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