Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] deriving drivers

[Michel <mi...@da...>]

On Fre, 2002-02-08 at 22:02, cw...@so... wrote:

> I'm just curious, is it legal for me to derive a fb driver from xfree86=20
> sources, and distribute it with the kernel.  I'm not sure about the licen=
se of=20
> things for xfree, i figured someone here may know more.

The X license is BSD style, so I _think_ this should be fine. It's
probably still a good idea to ask the copyright holder(s) and/or
author(s) for permission.

Out of curiosity, which driver is this about?


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Earthling Michel D=E4nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member   /  CS student, Free Software enthusiast