Re: Intel's Pro/1000 driver: when/will it make it into the kernel?

Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com)
Mon, 25 Oct 1999 11:04:44 -0400


Jes Sorensen wrote:
> Would be interesting to see how it performs against the Alteon and
> Packet Engines cards, despite the broken license.

How is the following license broken?

* You must keep the existing copyright, which you must do with all code,
GPL or no
* Redistribution in modified form, with source, is permitted without
restriction

Regards,

Jeff

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