Messages in this thread | | | From | "hiroaki yamamoto" <> | Subject | GPL and Linux kernel related question... | Date | Thu, 06 Jul 2000 20:49:12 JST |
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hello everybody,
I'm a fan of linux system and it makes 6 months that I follow the different developments on the kernel. This afternoon, I downloaded he latest test kernel, e.g. linux-2.4.0-test3-pre4, and I noticed the presence of a new device driver type : MTD. I just have taken a look on the sources and something seems very strange : when opening linux/drivers/mtd/nftl.c, I read :
/* LEGAL NOTE: The NFTL format is patented by M-Systems. They have granted a licence for its use with their DiskOnChip products:
"M-Systems grants a royalty-free, non-exclusive license under any presently existing M-Systems intellectual property rights necessary for the design and development of NFTL-compatible drivers, file systems and utilities to use the data formats with, and solely to support, M-Systems' DiskOnChip products"
A signed copy of this agreement from M-Systems is kept on file by Red Hat UK Limited. In the unlikely event that you need access to it, please contact dwmw2@redhat.com for assistance. */
I thought that all the sources were submitted to GPL... I may be wrong could anyone explain me that ? Thanks in advance.
Kind regards,
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