Re: [Xen-devel] Is anyone working on HVM Paravirt drivers for windows?

[Michael Paesold <mpaesold@xxxxxx>]

Andrew D. Ball wrote:
> That would be sad, but is possible.  Just like I don't believe Linux
> drivers should be allowed to be non-GPL, not allowing drivers for
> Windows to be GPL makes sense, unless the kernel is organized with much
> more isolation as more of a microkernel.
>
> Anyone's more informed thoughts on this would be appreciated.
>
> Peace.
> Andrew
>
> On Wed, 2006-11-15 at 07:46 -0700, Ky Srinivasan wrote:
> > I may be wrong here; but I think windows drivers cannot be open-sourced. I 
> > recall reading that in windows DDK documentation.
I don't believe the problem is with Windows drivers, but with the Windows 
Driver Development Kit. The DDK has a license incompatible with the GPL. I 
think writing a driver without the kit would still be possible, although 
difficult because it would require much more knowledge about the Windows 
kernel.
Remarks: no facts, but just what I read on mailing lists.

Best Regards
Michael Paesold

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