[LinuxBIOS] CN700/VT8237RP support needed. Will pay.

Stefan Reinauer stepan at coresystems.de
Thu Mar 29 22:20:59 CEST 2007


* Luc Verhaegen <libv at skynet.be> [070329 20:19]:
> If it's from the datasheet only, then there is no problem with the NDA 
> documents i've seen (but never signed). VIAs Linux NDA addendum only 
> prohibits redistribution of (only) GPLed code VIA handed to you directly 
> but hasn't made generally public (yet). It therefor directly forces you 
> to breach the GPL.
 
Why is that? The GPL requires you to pass the sources to the users of
GPLed binary code on their request. There's no need to make source code
generally available.

> A typical example of VIA stupidity.
 
I can't confirm this at all. VIA has been extremely helpful and
absolutely unproblematic in NDA and IP questions where coresystems was
involved.

Stefan

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