On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 10:42:17AM +0100, Krzysztof Opasiak wrote: > > > On 02/22/2018 10:32 AM, Ran Shalit wrote: > [...] > > > > > > I don't know the exact case nor I'm license specialist but I think it's > > > doable without license violation. Take a look at official displaylink > > > drivers[1]... They consist of two parts. First one is Kernel GPL code[2] > > > which is obviously published to not violate the license and second part is > > > userspace binary blob that receives video stream from this "open source > > > driver" and then uses libusb to communicate with the device... > > > > > > Footnotes: > > > 1 - http://www.displaylink.com/downloads/ubuntu > > > 2 - https://github.com/DisplayLink/evdi > > > Best regards, > > > > > > > Krzysztof , I will check the proxy git . > > What's the difference between the proxy you've given before to the DisplayLink? > > > > Displaylink driver is unrelated to the proxy. It's just an example of how to > not violate GPL license and not publish your USB protocol and provide only > binary blob with it;) Um, do not say "how not to violate GPL" without being a lawyer please. I wouldn't bet that what they are doing is all so cut-and-dry... good luck! greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
