Re: USB host controller implementation

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sun, 12 Dec 1999 16:56:15 +0000 (GMT)

> Can I add terms to my code saying "this may not be used in a similar
> product, without prior authorisation", even though it's largely under the
> GPL, and could, for example be used to implement USB over the paralell port?

No you cant. GPL is absolute in its refusal for restrictions. You may want
to look at the NetBSD USB code as you are entitled to take that use it,
improve it and sell the fixes back to the NetBSD maintainer (although license
or otherwise that is considered very bad manners 8))

Alan

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