Subject: Re: Q605 is up (and a licensing question)
To: port-mac68k Mailing List <port-mac68k@netbsd.org>
From: Allen Briggs <briggs@canolog.ninthwonder.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 08/05/1998 08:47:02
> So, you basically cannot use Linux kernel source
> code in a NetBSD kernel or vice-versa.  For the mac68k ports of Linux and
> NetBSD, this means that each camp must figure out all the hardware for
> themselves, duplicating a lot of effort in some cases.

Actually, isn't it OK if the author of the code releases two versions
(one under the GPL, and another with the BSD-style copyright)?  The
kernels are different enough that it would take a lot of work to
translate most drivers from one to the other, but this might make things
a little easier.

-allen

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                    Allen Briggs - briggs@ninthwonder.com