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Linux Device Drivers, Third Edition now online

Linux Device Drivers, Third Edition now online

Posted Mar 15, 2005 14:18 UTC (Tue) by nhoxanh (guest, #17931)
Parent article: Linux Device Drivers, Third Edition now online

I have a question: if I translate the book to other languages, and provides it on the internet for free for everybody, is that legal or not?

And what if my translation is printed by a publisher, is that legal or not?

Thanks.
NX


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Linux Device Drivers, Third Edition now online

Posted Mar 15, 2005 14:38 UTC (Tue) by bk (guest, #25617) [Link]

I am not a lawyer, but according to my reading of the license that is permitted provided that you give attribution to the authors and distribute your derivative work(s) under the same Attribution-ShareAlike license.

Linux Device Drivers, Third Edition now online

Posted Mar 15, 2005 18:18 UTC (Tue) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313) [Link]

re-read the second post here, the code snippits are dual licensed under BSD/GPL

Linux Device Drivers, Third Edition now online

Posted Mar 15, 2005 23:36 UTC (Tue) by charlieb (subscriber, #23340) [Link]

Read the license, and/or have your lawyer read the license.

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