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Re: VT6656 driver source available from VIA

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Hi,

On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 04:04:25PM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-09-19 at 15:37 -0400, Forest Bond wrote:
> 
> > This doesn't sound very GPL to me, however, the twist is in main_usb.c:
> 
> Not really.
> 
> > MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> 
> > What do you think?
> 
> That declaring MODULE_LICENSE in a file that isn't licensed under GPL is
> a violation of the kernel license.

And, assuming that in-kernel support for this chip is desirable, is it better to
pursue license clarification from VIA, or re-implement using the driver source
as a reference?

The reason I ask is that I suspect for this driver to get into the kernel, it
will likely see a lot of changes, anyway.  If it's going to be rewritten,
there's little sense in me pushing VIA on the license issue, is there?

I hope I'm not being daft.

Thanks,
Forest
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Forest Bond
http://www.alittletooquiet.net

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