Re: Linux sound driver future

Andi Kleen (ak@muc.de)
26 Aug 1997 09:19:18 +0200


Hannu Savolainen <hannu@4front-tech.com> writes:

> On Tue, 26 Aug 1997, Boris Tobotras wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 24 Aug 1997 09:29:59 +0300, Hannu Savolainen wrote:
> >
> > >Unfortunately I don't have any way to include these patches to OSS/Free.
> > >So it looks it's now the time to separate OSS/Free and the kernel sound
> > >drivers. The plan is the following.
> >
> > Hannu,
> >
> > can you please make it clear, why have you decided to not accept the
> > patches? Is is position of 4front to hold the development on your hands,
> > or something else?
> I have not decided anything yet. I only said that I don't have any way to
> merge the patches with sources of OSS. Currently OSS/Free is not
> independent from the commercial OSS but just some kind of output after
> the OSS sources have run through a filter program. If I accept the patches
> I should include them to the commercial OSS too which is completely out of
> question.
Also Alan's patches are GPLed, so they can't be included with the commercial
OSS.

-Andi