Re: What is accepted into the standard kernel sources ?

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 3 Feb 1998 19:07:28 +0000 (GMT)

> On the contrary. You can't GPL the driver as it is linked with a private
> binary object file and violates the license of the GPL. After our discussion
> However, to the extent that binary-only modules are OK --- as long as

The "free" bit of the driver appears to be derived from GPL'd code owned
by the NSA. That makes the situation a little more complex. And indeed nothing
stops a third party providing an independantly written non GPL module using
the exported interfaces and providing sources to parts of their module
- Riscom do this with the N2. However since Sangoma provide GPL sources
I've never dug into details on it.

Alan