USB drivers going GPL-only in 2.6.25
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| Here's one from the file of random stuff you see when you put a new machine
| on the upstream kernel instead of the distro kernel. USB drivers for Linux
| will be GPL-only with the release of the upcoming kernel 2.6.25.. USB
| maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman writes: "Over two years ago, the Linux USB
| developers stated that they believed there was no way to create a USB kernel
| driver that was not under the GPL. This patch moves the USB apis to enforce
| that decision."
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http://www.linuxworld.com/community/?q=node/3190
Related:
Making Linux Drivers Free To Companies
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| Remember Greg Kroah-Hartman's comments earlier this year about offering up
| free Linux driver development for all companies willing to provide hardware
| specifications to the developers? Novell has realized the potential of this
| open-source work and is now allowing Greg Kroah-Hartman to work full time on
| developing free software drivers that are free of charge to companies that
| are interested.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjA3Nw
Linux kernel driver project picks up steam and opposition
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| It seems that this is more than just a token handful of companies.
| "The initial response to this was amazing," said Kroah-Hartman.
| "A measurable number of new Linux drivers will be created thanks
| to this program."
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http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS5460618795.html
Free Linux Driver Development!
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| Yes, that's right, the Linux kernel community is offering all
| companies free Linux driver development. No longer do you have
| to suffer through all of the different examples in the Linux
| Device Driver Kit, or pick through the thousands of example
| drivers in the Linux kernel source tree trying to determine
| which one is the closest to what you need to do.
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http://www.kroah.com/log/2007/01/29/#free_drivers
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