Re: Linux, UDI and SCO.

Erik Corry (erik@arbat.com)
Sat, 19 Sep 1998 20:37:21 +0200

On Sat, Sep 19, 1998 at 10:31:26PM +0400, Khimenko Victor wrote:
> In <19980919193105.A22160@arbat.com> Erik Corry (erik@arbat.com) wrote:
>
> EC> But you can release a UDI driver simultaneously under two
> EC> different licenses. So everyone can be happy.
>
> Not at all. LGPL will be 100% enough for such purposes.

I see no way of forcing hardware manufacturers to use LGPL.

The only way would seem to be to not put UDI in the official
kernel, but there are sure to be distributions that put it
in anyway (Xi graphics will, I would guess) and individuals
will always be free to do so.

-- 
Erik Corry erik@arbat.com           Ceterum censeo, Microsoftem esse delendam!


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