On Wednesday 14 February 2007 12:24 pm, Darren Spruell wrote: > On 2/14/07, Neil Joseph Schelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Also, please educate me: couldn't a BSD driver be created by using the > > > cleanroom approach? One person reads the GPL code, writes specs, > > > another implements them? Or is this covered when people say "reverse > > > engineer"? > > > > I imagine that's the best case scenario here, > > No, the best case scenario is that the good intentions of the Linux > driver project would be focused on getting vendors to provide open
My statement wasn't an opinion, so please don't say I'm wrong. His question was about how this project could lead to drivers for BSD. And it ~could~ be that cleanroom implementations of the driver code developed for GPL projects get reliable enough under BSD here. That is the best case scenario here - that drivers are written well enough that reliable specs can be drawn up from them and be useful. I didn't in my email suggest I thought this was the best way to make drivers. I just answered the question he asked about creating BSD drivers based on GPL'd drivers without the original specs. Please don't correct my statements out of context. -- Regards, Neil Schelly Senior Systems Administrator W: 978-667-5115 x213 M: 508-410-4776 OASIS Open http://www.oasis-open.org "Advancing E-Business Standards Since 1993"
