Subject: Re: Last chance: Copyrights is OK ?
To: Ross Harvey <ross@ghs.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: tech-kern
Date: 03/08/1999 15:29:11
On Mon, 8 Mar 1999 14:39:45 -0800 (PST)
Ross Harvey <ross@ghs.com> wrote:
> The LM78 is a simple chip with the usual excellent NSC documentation,
> downloadable(*) in pdf form by anyone. Rather than accept a problematic
> license, what we need is to find any random kernel weenie with one of these
> devices, and get you a new driver without copyright problems. Any kernel
> hacker can write this driver for you, it requires no particular expertise
> other than general driver capability.
I agree. My vote here would be:
Either it is assigned to TNF, or we re-implement the functionality.
-- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>