Re: 2.6.16 serious consequences / GPL_EXPORT_SYMBOL / USB driversof major vendor excluded

[Stephan von Krawczynski]

On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 15:00:04 -0800
Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 03:24:44PM +0100, s.schmidt@xxxxxx 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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