Re: New USB stack on FreeBSD w/Linux emulation layer coming
David Brownell <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.usb.devel |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Thursday 17 May 2007, Pete Zaitcev wrote: > On Thu, 17 May 2007 10:44:13 -0700, David Brownell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > So what's the model ... GPL'd Linux drivers will be modified to > > incorporate that call, so they'd work better on FreeBSD? > > I thought that we ignored this on purpose and talking about the > licensing so deeply in the thread is too late. What have we spent > all this energy for up to this point? > > It was clear from the start that the model is exactly what you > surmised. Not entirely. Would those drivers be forked into a BSD distro? Would Linux be expected to merge those changes? Or alternatively: just clone the Linux stack sufficiently well that new BSD-licensed drivers could be written, which would run on both systems. - Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ [email protected] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel