John Polstra wrote: > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Andre Oppermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > John Polstra wrote: > > > That last bit is incorrect. The Intel driver for Linux is released > > > under a 3-clause BSD license. > > > > I doesn't look like a clean BSD license thought... But it's also not > > under the GPL as such... > > > > Anyway, after the rants here on this list from time to time about > > Intel's strict NDA and Open Source driver problems I was surprised > > to see such a move from them. > > > > > > Part of the Intel Linux GiGE driver License: > > > > "This license shall include changes to the Software that are error > > corrections or other minor changes to the Software that do not add > > functionality or features when the Software is incorporated in any > > version of a operating system that has been distributed under the > > GNU General Public License 2.0 or later. This patent license shall > [...] > > Maybe you have an old version of the driver. I have > e1000-3.1.23.tar.gz, which I grabbed from developer.intel.com a few > weeks ago. I grepped all of the files in it, and the word "GNU" > doesn't appear anywhere. There is a file named "LICENSE" which is > just a standard BSD license. I'll append it below.
You've got an old one. The newest Linux driver on intel.com is e1000-3.5.19.tar.gz. And it talks about the GPL. -- Andre To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
