On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 6:54 PM, Steven Toth <stoth@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > barry bouwsma wrote: >> --- On Sun, 9/14/08, Steven Toth <stoth@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> is that the BSD folks can't port the GPL license into BSD because it's >>> not compatible. >> >> I don't want to see any religious war here (trimmed to dvb >> list), but... >> >> There is GPL code distributed as part of *BSD sources, >> as you can see by reading the licensing in, for example, >> $ ls /lost+found/CVSUP/BSD/FreeBSD.cvs/src/sys/gnu/dev/sound/pci/ >> Attic emu10k1-alsa.h,v maestro3_reg.h,v p17v-alsa.h,v >> csaimg.h,v maestro3_dsp.h,v p16v-alsa.h,v > > Interesting. > >> >> >>> I owe it to myself to spend somehime reading the BSD licencing. Maybe >>> the GPL is compatible with BSD. >> >> It all depends on the intended use -- whether for optional >> kernel components as above. In the distributions, though, >> it's kept separated. >> >> It's also possible to dual-licence source, and I see a good >> number of such files in NetBSD under, as an example, >> /lost+found/CVSUP/BSD/NetBSD.cvs/src/sys/dev/ic/ > > I'm be quite happy to grant a second license on my work the the BSD > guys, as the copyright owner I can do that. The legal stuff gets messy > quickly and I don't claim to understand all of it. > Great move Steven! Can we move the TDA10048 code over, maybe adding a note that it's dual licensed would be nice? thanks, Markus > I'm an opensource developer, I chose to work on Linux because it's the > biggest movement. I have no objections to any other projects, in fact I > welcome them. > > >> >> >> There will be plenty of misinformation and FUD about which >> licensing is better, and I don't want to hear any more such. >> Or debates. Or evangelism. Or anything. > > Agreed. > >> >> The different BSDen will handle GPLed code differently. >> >> (By the way, it is possible to completely build NetBSD from >> within Linux, though the DVB code hasn't been merged as of >> this morning my time, if someone with *BSD familiarity here >> wants to think about considering maybe playing with it later >> sometime, perhaps, maybe) > > The issue would be your support community. If you're working on linux > then people here will help, if our working on something else and asking > for help here - then people will probably be trying to fix linux first, > so responses to questions may not arrive, or be slow coming. > > Still, better TV support in BSD is good news. > > - Steve > > _______________________________________________ > linux-dvb mailing list > linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb > _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
