> Ok, it looks like we cannot distribute a GPL MS USB SDK driver explicitly
> for use with Linux and if we make such a generic driver it must not be
> connected to Linux by an end user. Could it be made for connection to a
> proprietary box that uses the same protocol used by Linux? Could the lice=
That doesn't seem to be the case. If I read the license rightly the SDK
simply says that you can't link their library (ie create a derivative work)
with GPL, BSD, etc code.
Which in a sense is what the GPL says about linking MS code, except that MS
is a monopolist.
> Another point to ponder is that someone may have to pay a
> Device/Manufacturer ID tax to the USB consortium.
Firstly I'd say you want to emulate an existing class driver to avoid having
to write any kind of windows driver. You can be a scsi disk, you can be a
cable modem - take your pick 8)
Secondly we are already using an id for the sa1100_usb net stuff, and that
shouldnt be a problem.
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