Re: PCI NVRAM Memory Card

[Nicholas Knight]

On Wednesday 08 August 2001 12:30 pm, Mike Jadon wrote:
> My company has released a PCI NVRAM memory card but we haven't
> developed a Linux driver for it yet.  We want the driver to be open to
> developers to build upon.  Is there a specific path we should follow
> with this being our goal?  In researching Linux driver development I
> have come across "GPL" or "LGPL".  Where do you recommend we go to find
> out more about this development process?
>

The LGPL is primarily ment for libraries so that non-GPL compatible 
products can link to a library (like glibc) without being GPL'd 
themselves, for a linux driver, I'm not sure this would make much sense, 
and licensing might get complex when trying to intigrate it with the 
kernel, I don't know for sure.
you can find a copy of the LGPL here:
http://www.fsf.org/copyleft/lesser.html
as well as reasons to not use it, here
http://www.fsf.org/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html

the GPL-specific FAQ is here:
http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html
and the GPL itself is avalible here:
http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl.html

this is a list of various software Licenses, GPL compatible Free licenses 
are at the top, GPL-incompatible Free licenses are below that
http://www.fsf.org/licenses/license-list.html

> Thanks and my apologies for using a technical forum for this question,
> but wanted to go to the right source.
>
>
> Mike