[linux-dvb] Re: [vdr] Re: Re: Bad news (summary)

["Andres Torrubia" <antor@trymedia.com>]

Im not a layer, but the GPL reads (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html):

7. If, as a consequence of a court judgment or allegation of patent
infringement or for any other reason (not limited to patent issues),
conditions are imposed on you (whether by court order, agreement or
otherwise) that contradict the conditions of this License, they do not
excuse you from the conditions of this License. If you cannot distribute so
as to satisfy simultaneously your obligations under this License and any
other pertinent obligations, then as a consequence you may not distribute
the Program at all. For example, if a patent license would not permit
royalty-free redistribution of the Program by all those who receive copies
directly or indirectly through you, then the only way you could satisfy both
it and this License would be to refrain entirely from distribution of the
Program.

Just stating a paragraph, not giving my opinion.

-Andres

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-dvb-bounce@linuxtv.org
> [mailto:linux-dvb-bounce@linuxtv.org]On Behalf Of Dr. Werner Fink
> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 18:24
> To: vdr@linuxtv.org
> Cc: Linux-DVB
> Subject: [linux-dvb] Re: [vdr] Re: Re: Bad news (summary)
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 06:15:26PM +0100, Michael Schumacher wrote:
> > Hi Martin, you wrote:
> >
> > > A single company cannot dominate the market anymore by defining the
> > > technical standards of digital television. The Linux community owns
> > > the source code of digital television technology based on open
> > > standards like DVB and MHP. Thus we are able to change today`s
> > > television to whatever we like. This is why I am confident about the
> > > future of LinuxTV.
> >
> > I do appreciate the work of companies like yours very much and I do
> > wholeheartly agree with you ideas of free software.
> > Maybe it is a little bit rude to come up with this issue now, but as
> > far as I know, not all parts of the DVB-driver are under the
> > GPL. Wouldn't you agree that if Convergence really would shut down its
> > business that the logical and consequent step would be to publish the
> > missing parts (the ARM-code as far as I remember) under the GPL .
> > Please get me right, I can imagine that this proposal is a heavy blow
> > in your situation, but what could be the future of the VDR project if
> > the support for the underlying DVB-driver would disappear without the
> > possibility for the community to adapt the code as required?
>
> AFAIK this code/lib is only given away under NDA.
>
>
>         Werner
>
>
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