Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: Suggestion for handling of boot-time driver options | Date | Mon, 15 Dec 1997 00:25:31 +0000 (GMT) |
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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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