In conclusion, reverse engineering is the only option for support. Since using this repo to port/construct a new driver would constitute a derivative work, and stripping licenses is bad, one has to reinvent the wheel. Or get realtek to issue a BSD-licensed driver.
Brian Callahan <bcal...@devio.us> wrote: >On 5/20/2013 2:14 PM, Jean Lucas wrote: >> Is one able to strip the GPL from a repo? In the case of this repo, would >> the driver have to be completely reconstructed/reimplemented in the case the >> GPL could not be stripped? >> >> As far as the end result goes, be that engineering a new driver or if one >> can strip the GPL from the existing repo, the new driver would/could be BSD >> licensed, if that decision were up to me. >> > >What does that mean "strip the GPL from a repo"? As in, "hey, I know you >licensed this driver under the GPL but I don't care I'm gonna relicense >it, in violation of the GPL"? > >> Philip Guenther <guent...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 8:49 AM, Jean Lucas <horsef...@lavabit.com> wrote: >>>> On 05/20/2013 09:58 AM, Baurzhan Muftakhidinov wrote: >>> ... >>>>> You didn't specify the license >>>> >>>> GPLv2. One for all, all for one.GNU General Public License, GPL, LGPL, >>>> copyleft, etc. >>> >>> You should carefully review >>> http://www.openbsd.org/policy.html >>> >>> To quote from it: >>> ------ >>> The GNU Public License and licenses modeled on it impose the >>> restriction that source code must be distributed or made available for >>> all works that are derivatives of the GNU copyrighted code. >>> >>> While this may be a noble strategy in terms of software sharing, >>> it is a condition that is typically unacceptable for commercial use of >>> software. As a consequence, software bound by the GPL terms can not be >>> included in the kernel or "runtime" of OpenBSD, though software >>> subject to GPL terms may be included as development tools or as part >>> of the system that are "optional" as long as such use does not result >>> in OpenBSD as a whole becoming subject to the GPL terms. >>> ------ >>> >>> So, if you decide to license your driver under any version of the GPL, >>> it will not become an official part of OpenBSD as long as it has that >>> license. >>> >>> >>> Philip Guenther
