Re: [PATCH] vmwarefb 0.5.2

Denis Oliver Kropp (dok@directfb.org)
Wed, 15 May 2002 22:12:52 +0200


Quoting Pavel Machek (pavel@suse.cz):
> Hi
>
> > Is VMWare ok with releasing those files under the GPL? If so, I suggest
> > you add that line to those files, and then everything should be fine.
>
> Code seems to come from XFree, and that should allow him to relicence like
> that.
>
> I have better question: "What is it good for"?

The driver at all?

I want to use DirectFB in VMware. I will also add console acceleration
to the framebuffer driver and possibly write an accelerated DirectFB driver.

-- 
Best regards,
  Denis Oliver Kropp

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