Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:16:19 +0000 | From | "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <> | Subject | Re: Developing non-commercial drivers ? |
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* Fredrik Markstr?m (fredrik.markstrom@avalonenterprise.com) wrote: > Thanks for the prompt respons. > > I do agree that it would be better for everyone to release it under > GPL and I have already expressed that to our customer. > > At this point I feel that we have two possibilities, help our customer > violate GPL or say no to the project. I'd prefer a third option where > I could tell the customer that we can setup the project in a certain > way (some "cleanroom" setup ?) to ensure that the results can not be > considered derived work.
A 3rd option I think would be for them to put the bits that they worry about the IP in firmware executed in a processor on the ether chip, then make a nice clean interface that a GPL'd driver talks to.
Of course that relies on there being a suitable processor in the chip; if not then perhaps you should remind them to think about the software before spinning their chip!
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