On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 05:59:19PM +0530, Sahana B Adiga - ERS, HCL Tech wrote: > > Hi All, > > For a new storage hardware we have a Linux device driver that uses a > custom library for hardware interface. This h/w interface library is > an intellectual property. We want to share the Linux device driver > source code, but not the library source code. Why are you asking legal questions on a technical list? Would your company really follow any legal advice gotten here? What does your lawyers say about this? > 1) Is it possible to add to the Linux open source, such a driver along > with the hardware interface library as a blob? Will the Linux kernel > community accepts/approves it? What does your lawyer say about this? > 3) Are there any additional documentation or any extra steps required > than the normal way of submitting device drivers to Linux kernel > community? You have read the Documentation/SubmittingPatches and Documentation/SubmittingDrivers files already right? If not, I suggest you take a look at them. greg k-h _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
