Hi Greg, On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 12:20 AM, Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 11:42:36PM +0530, Shreyansh Jain wrote: >> Hi Greg >> <snip> >> > >> > Why not ask the authors of that code? As it is closed source, they are >> > the only ones that can legally help you out. >> >> Well, I have not considered asking the authors because I have the >> code, I can successfully compile it and then, unable to link to the >> kernel because of a missing function which is present in another >> module and exported in the kernel. > > Wait, why ask some random people instead of the people who can actually > fix the problem for you (i.e. the authors of the code?) > >> Yes, this driver might not be GPL'd, but I certainly have its code. > > Yes, but note that just because you have the code, that doesn't mean > that anyone else has the rights to change it (including you), or help > you out. Please read the license for what you have before making > assumptions. Right, I understand your point and apologize for being callous enough pertaining to the licensing issues. Actually, I just went ahead and read the license terms and (as far as what I can make sense of the legal language) it doesn't restrict changes in the code until and unless I am not distributing it and not breaking any IEEE standard compatibility (once again, in case distributing it with a broadcom device). Nevertheless, I will try and search for correct people to answer this or reframe the question in more generic terms if problem still persists. Thanks for correcting me! > > best of luck, > > greg k-h > - Shreyansh _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
