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

Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com)
Mon, 25 Oct 1999 11:49:12 -0400


Jes Sorensen wrote:
>
> >>>>> "Jeff" == Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com> writes:
>
> Jeff> Jes Sorensen wrote:
> >> Would be interesting to see how it performs against the Alteon and
> >> Packet Engines cards, despite the broken license.
>
> Jeff> How is the following license broken?
>
> Jeff> * You must keep the existing copyright, which you must do with
> Jeff> all code, GPL or no * Redistribution in modified form, with
> Jeff> source, is permitted without restriction
>
> 2) is a violation of the GPL clause that says "no further restrictions
> may be applied. You really should go read the GPL.

My point was that it redundant. Copyrights must always be carried over,
yes? If so, that is not an additional restriction.

IANAL of course :)

Jeff

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