Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 19 Feb 2006 15:34:26 +0100 | From | Stephan von Krawczynski <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.16 serious consequences / GPL_EXPORT_SYMBOL / USB drivers of major vendor excluded |
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On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 15:00:04 -0800 Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 03:24:44PM +0100, s.schmidt@avm.de wrote: > > As a private corporation our primary focus is market relevance. AVM > > invested more than 10 years of work to make analog services like Fax G3 and > > analog modem emulation available to users of the digital ISDN network. The > > situation is similar for the DSL part of the driver with very complex DSP > > algorithms. To anticipate any "open vs. closed source" discussion:Only a > > handful of companies worldwide have such know-how. With regard to our > > competitive situation, we have to protect our hard-won intellectual > > property and therefore cannot open the closed source part of the driver.
I am fine with that. I prefer stable GPL-drivers anyway, no need to use yours...
Regards, Stephan
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