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Linux Device Drivers, Third Edition now online

Linux Device Drivers, Third Edition now online

Posted Mar 15, 2005 10:32 UTC (Tue) by tzafrir (subscriber, #11501)
In reply to: Linux Device Drivers, Third Edition now online by socket
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A more practical question: can I use code snippets from the book in a GPL kernel code?

(As for me personally: I bought it anyway)


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Linux Device Drivers, Third Edition now online

Posted Mar 16, 2005 3:32 UTC (Wed) by sttng359 (guest, #28502) [Link]

The examples are dual BSD/GPL licensed.

Linux Device Drivers, Third Edition now online

Posted Mar 17, 2005 1:41 UTC (Thu) by gregkh (subscriber, #8) [Link]

Not all examples are dual licensed, some of them are GPL only due to the fact that they are based on GPL only code.

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