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SubjectRe: GPL and Linux kernel related question...

Lets not go here..........

It is bad enough that GPL code was STOLEN from an unnamed German company
by an Israil company that was orginally an ATA-PSUEDO-FLASH. Personally
this junk is all Soft IP, and they have violated GPL in the past in the
2.0/2.1 kernels. I have called them on the carpet, but with out the
legal backing needed I had to back off........

Mind you this was some time ago, when I knew less and had less of a
position to fight a good fight.

David W. has done what I do alot, but he can not publish all that he knows.

On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, hiroaki yamamoto wrote:

>
> 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,
>
> Hiroaki Yamamoto
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