31 Mar
2003
31 Mar
'03
2:48 p.m.
* Justin Cormack justin@street-vision.com [030331 18:58]:
On Tue, 2003-04-01 at 02:25, Ronald G Minnich wrote:
- you can build GPL code based on NDA chipsets, but you MUST get the permission to do that from the holder of the GPL
er, typo, holder of specification
both should be ok. As the holder of the GPL is the one that has to enforce it, it might be sufficient to get a permission from the license holder to only release a binary. (Which is still not a good idea, wrt open source)
Or if you never want to do business with them again, just ignore the NDA. They have no legal force in some countries (eg the UK).
After a couple of times you might run into problems finding new manufacturers. ;)
Stefan
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