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SubjectRe: Suggestion for handling of boot-time driver options
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> So does loading a module into a running kernel make the now running system
> a derivative work? What is the difference between linking at run time and
> bolting it on by ELF magic before booting?

Talk to a lawyer. You get into the depts of the interpretations of "linked with"
The module one is fairly clear as its a syscall interface of sorts.

> source code. It *would* be nice to be able to distribute compiled driver
> modules like one can now distribute compiled emacs, or compiled gcc.

That I understand well



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