On Tue, May 27, 2003 at 02:35:41PM +0200, Stijn Hoop wrote: > On Tue, May 27, 2003 at 07:28:29AM -0500, David Leimbach wrote: > > I have the GPLd source to the nforce drivers for Linux > > to support the nVidia nforce and nforce2 drivers in the kernel. > > > > To port these to FreeBSD would be an interesting task [if it hasn't > > already been done] and I have been looking for an excuse to get > > down and dirty with FBSD. > > [Yes... talk is cheap... just do it... Nike-a-go-go etc etc... :)] > > > > What is the policy on drivers that are clearly going to have to be > > GPLd by the viral clause since I am referencing a GPL driver to do the > > porting work myself? Are these allowed in the kernel? Yes, see for example the GPL_ed floating point emulator. However the idea is that all GPL infected stuff be isolated, allowing a fully working kernel without GPL stuff in there. > > <semi-joke> > > Can we have a "tainted" flag for kernels running GPL drivers :). > > </semi-joke> > > I'm interested in this too -- I have a working FreeBSD prototype of the > i8k Linux driver, fan control for Dell laptops. I was planning to ask > the author if he was willing to relicense it to BSD, but failing that A BSD license is ***strongly*** prefered. > the answer to this question might be interesting. -- | / o / /_ _ wilko_at_FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) BulteReceived on Tue May 27 2003 - 03:36:29 UTC
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