Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] To implement WiMAX with GnuRadio or not?

[Colby Boyer]

Isn't the main difference between v2 and v3 the "Tivo Exception" as
the call it? Not sure.

I guess I should add  IANAL.  TINLA.

:P

On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 3:32 PM, Marcus D. Leech <address@hidden> wrote:
>> How do the companies write closed-source drivers for the Linux Kernel
>> without running into GPL2 issues? I can only recall that there is a
>> "user-land" and a "kernel-land" driver, where the "kernel-land" is the
>> only part that is open source. Is this correct?
>>
>> Perhaps that method could work well?
>>
>>
> I thought GPLV2 was less onerous in this regard, and that case-law had
> established that a loadable kernel driver didn't necessarily get
>  infected by the GPL virus.  IANAL.  TINLA.  Etc.
>
> The last kernel driver I worked on we were planning to open-source as a way
> of encouraging people to buy  our (very closed-source!) chips.
>  Project fell apart before we hit market.  Sigh.
>
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> Marcus Leech
> Principal Investigator
> Shirleys Bay Radio Astronomy Consortium
> http://www.sbrac.org
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