AudioScience GPLs Hardware-Abstraction Layer

Posted by timothy on Wednesday June 25, 2003 @05:57AM from the making-noises dept.

Rob Dye writes "According to an article at RadioWorld Online, AudioScience has GPL'ed their hardware abstration layer that allows access to the DSP power provided on their audio interfaces. Stating that 'Linux is becoming more important to the broadcast and professional audio industry,' they also released full documentation for this code and intend to release ALSA drivers for their boards. This is terrific news for professional sound under Linux, especially considering the reluctance of video card manufacturers to open their HAL's."

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off topic, but... by lfourrier · 2003-06-25 23:50 · Score: 0, Offtopic

why does audioscience GPLs something that is then GPL'ed ?
Why not GPLed ?
English is not my mother tongue and I wish to comprehend the logic of this gramatical construction.
Using names for verbs is, if not correct, admitted practice in engineering circles (at least). But using acronyms as verbs seems much more uncommon.
Can someone explain what is the "norm"(if there is one) for such constructions (UPPER vs lower, ' or not ', ...)