On 13/02/07, Steven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I happened to see this on the slashdot rss feed, and out of
> curiosity took a look.
>
> Free Linux Driver Development FAQ
> http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/13/0220233&from=rss
>
> Is this bad news for the OpenBSD developers efforts to free hardware
> documentation?  If it is, how can OpenBSD users, and users of other
> FOSS, help?
>
> --
> W. Steven Schneider  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
Well as I understand it one of the things they are looking for are specs on
which to base their own drivers. Also as I understand it, they cannot work
under NDA's, so any specs released to them would be released to the public.

This is only bad if the specs are released under a licence that would
prohibit OBSD people from looking at them. If companies go so far as
releasing the specs to Linux people, I can't see that happening, although of
course using the GPL'ed Linux drivers released under such conditions
would/might be problematic.

Maybe it's time for the OBSD dev community to make similar overtures,
though, just in case

Jeff R

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