Subject: Re: hardware doc via plan9 code
To: None <port-next68k@netbsd.org>
From: William J. Coldwell <billc@warped.com>
List: port-next68k
Date: 12/26/1999 16:09:23
Is there really much to be gleaned from it? It only worked on mono
NeXTstations, and we should be working pretty decently on that now :).
If we could find more nuggets on the custom DMA controller on the turbo's,
that'd rock.. some NeXTdimension stuff might be nifty too.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Rolf Grossmann" <grossman@securitas.net>
To: "Rolf Grossmann" <grossman@securitas.net>
Cc: "der Mouse" <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>; <port-next68k@netbsd.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 26, 1999 9:54 AM
Subject: Re: hardware doc via plan9 code
> Hi again,
>
> quoting myself:
>
> > I'd rather wait and see what the Linux folks come up with if we
> > can't figure things out ourselves.
>
> However, I just remembered that Linux code would be GPLed, so we were
> not allowed to use their code either. Does anybody know about looking
> at GPLed code and using the algorithms contained therein? And how/why
> would that differ from using the Plan9 copyrighted code that way?
>
> Bye, Rolf
>