I thought as much, but wondering/asking never hurts. Greg On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 12:19:12AM -0500, Kirk Wood wrote: > On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, Gregory Nowak wrote: > > I just had an idea and wondered if its doable. > > What if the FSF signed all those non-disclosure agreements? Then we > > could have gpl Linux drivers, right or not? > > The problem is that if the driver is gpl, then said driver would violate > any non-disclosure. If you release source code, then you reveal the > interface. It would be possible to release a driver avaialable for free > download. But you couldn't release the source code and thus not use the > gpl. > > ======= > Kirk Wood > Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net > > The mind is like a parachute; it works much better when open. > If you're too open minded, your brains will fall out. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup